Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.* -Alphonse Karr, 1800’s *The More things change, the more they remain the same.” – not true anymore. So. Where were we? Oh, yes. I am reporting from a small town in Tuscany. […]
THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD…
I thought I’d tell you a little about the town I live in. It is a small Tuscan village, just south of Florence. That’s me in the photo…writing from my terrace overlooking the town’s Piazza. I have a forty-two step […]
FREE Speech
I was asked to give a speech at the “NO KINGS” demonstration in Florence the other day. Below is what I came up with. The first thing I did was go to the ‘Googler’ and ask it what “No Kings […]
A Few Of The Things I Do Not Understand
So. Here is what I figure happened: A long time ago, a Human picked up a rock and dragged it into the ground – and a little grub was exposed – and the Human ate the grub. Thus, the first […]
Questions – Great And Small…Some Not Answered Ever At All
When I was a child and acted like a child, I went to Sunday school one day. Sister Agatha told us God made Heaven and Earth and Everything Else. I raised my hand and asked if God made the telephone […]