Monthly Archives: February 2022

I’m sitting in front of my laptop on a quiet Sunday morning, having my second cup of coffee while a European capital city is surrounded by Russian troops and under bombardment. Shades of old black and white movies of millions … Continue reading →

And so we end another Olympic Games with all of the pomp and ceremony – marching athletes, flag waving, lighting and extinguishing the cauldron, speeches, huzzahs. Hyper-nationalism on display for all to see. It is probably not what Pierre de … Continue reading →

“Advertisement,” The Philadelphia Gazette & Universal Daily Advertiser, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 24, 1796 . “Absconded from the household of the President of the United States, ONEY JUDGE, a light mulatto girl, much freckled, with very black eyes and bushy hair. She … Continue reading →

“anytime while I was a slave, if one minute’s freedom had been offered to me, and I had been told I must die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it—just to stand one minute on God’s … Continue reading →

This post, published originally in 2014 is by far the most popular on my blog.  It has been viewed thousands of times and gets a hit virtually every day.   I have no idea why.             … Continue reading →

Parkland, Florida February 14, 2018 . Lest we forget. 167 children have been killed in schools across America since Parkland. .

“It is increasingly apparent that many in the press don’t get it.  Many don’t understand the historic perspective of the times we live in. They don’t have a sense of déjà vu others feel. Last Monday, with 57 reporters in … Continue reading →

Mary (center) with her girl friends in Central Park just before having to leave the orphanage – in her orphanage clothes – the date in her own hand. It was 1941 and Mary was sitting on the curb at 77th … Continue reading →

 Twas the moment she said “Hi!” to me as I left the luncheonette her face recalled but not her name though she remembered mine. I said hello and how are you as we both turned back inside to share another … Continue reading →