I am retired from laboring for 17 years, now a writer. I have two books on the market, collections of short stories. My current project is my first serious effort at a novel. I have been a political person ever since I saw the dark side of society and how our leaders take advantage of us, from late childhood. Always been radicalized. My avatar is Thomas Paine, one of my favorite characters of history. Now I am over eighty and I pass the torch on to the firebrands who would usher a calmer, politer, socialism to serve. Anything less is to fail. I plan to be social to the extent life affords me and to write until somebody lifts my cold dead fingers away from the keyboard. That and to work to keep my simple home operating.
Tue 19 May, 2026 09:44 pm - Last year I checked my wallet a few times. There was no doubt I had lost a hundred dollar bill. I figured that when I paid at the corner grocer it somehow got tipped out as I pulled some bills for... (view)
Tue 19 May, 2026 06:03 am - [img width=600]https://media.newyorker.com/cartoons/6a0387da0ffb1fb37835331b/master/pass/a27247.jpg[/img]
Float like a butterfly; sting like a bee. (view)
Mon 18 May, 2026 06:15 am - [img width=600]https://media.newyorker.com/cartoons/6a0387da0ffb1fb37835331b/master/pass/a27247.jpg[/img]
He read "Cyrano de Bergerac" last week. (view)
Sat 16 May, 2026 05:47 pm - You are a baby, with the same inherited differences as a normally born baby, except your DNA derives from just one parent. You would likely be closer than a twin, but you would not be the parent... (view)
Thu 14 May, 2026 10:57 pm - [img width=600]https://media.newyorker.com/cartoons/69efd7f3d99e5f6305bd31aa/master/pass/a60286_rd.png[/img]
[size=150]The chickens are coming home to roost[/size]
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