Liar’s Path, notes on truth, working truths, and deception
BERLIN DIARY, the last novel of the ‘Long War’
Long ago, I started the novel 'Berlin Diary', set it aside, and wrote four others. I have again taken it up. We'll see how it turns out. The story takes place in the Summer and Fall of 1973, its center point the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the US October DEFCON 3 alert....
Birthday in Berlin
Gleinecke Bridge, On my 77th birthday, 27 October 2024, Patrice and I traveled from Paris to Berlin for four days. It was disappointing.We should have spent four weeks. . I had been stationed in Berlin (1971 -1974), a young (promoted to captain in 1972?)...
Our Town: Gleason; Our Town, Chevigny
with apologies to Thornton Wilder I am a local history buff, intrigued with the ghosts that had formerly walked the forest trails, roads and streets where I have walked. Old people (aged 35-55, ha ha) told stories about events along State Highway...
US election 2024
Sunday, 29 September, 2024. In France, we're good. My office is wondrous save that I must be disciplined not to stare out onto the horse pastures. and mist-draped hills. Financial planning, luck, and US citizenship have provided security and advantage. In this year...
Time of peace, Time of troubles
Мирное время, но Смутное время, какое же? [Time of peace….time of troubles] Patrice and I are living a near idyllic life in France. However, in late of this my seventh decade, I am concerned . Is much that I value in my western world is under threat or is it my...
New Yorkers
They take some getting used to! How New Yorkers see the United States. If three New Yorkers enter a taxi without arguing, a bank has been robbed. Phyllis Diller, New Yorker. “Why does a woman work ten years to change a man, then complain he's not the man she married?”...