Artemisia

Armed with smudge we clear the spiritual dust off the glyph-bearing Vinyl Siding layer.

About the dual unmasking of the underlying temerity of women and the underlying timorousness of men.

Pondering the departure of my fifteen year old father with his thrice-Anglicized surname into the Battle of The North Atlantic.

History, by necessity, contains many of the devices of fiction; just as fiction cannot help but to include large doses of actual history.

Cities eventually eat the farmers that made their existence possible. Enlightened urban farmers may cause indigestion.

The superior man sets his life in order and examines himself. Using, understanding and benefitting from the I-Ching.

On the relationship between our hearts, guts and brains.

While the human world has changed in some unprecedentedly good ways; the worst aspects of humanity have remained doggedly steadfast.

Fruits and vegetables, late-night TV, marketing 101 and the archaeology of food porn.

OK, OK. Let’s talk politics. Stella!!! Ants, aphids and dandelions.

A little talk about aging and dentistry in the North Shore Mountains and how my wisdom tooth came to rest on Crown Mtn.

Just as it is handy to have a Swiss knife when picking apricots, it is handy to have Occam’s Razor when pondering history.

A Mediterranean lady helps me uproot a childhood fear.

Pondering the nature and fate of culture from a barber’s chair.

Speculations on the Logical Impact of Psychopathy on homo sapiens from Ancient Times.

A look at a real Louisiana Man and what he was doing with common sense, decency and personal fortitude.

A look at early Texas history, with a focus on the non-Native players as seen through a Texas Cherokee's perspective.

A talk about suicide.