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  • The New Americans

     In order to preserve America’s reputation for being a refuge and a nurturing environment for family living, we must allow all who wish to live here to do so. Certainly there must be controls, information records and deporting if necessary.Americans are fortunate to attract the cream of foreign society.More

  • Look Ma, No Hands!

     Dear parents, When I was a teenager, at school the boys wore tight black chinos and loud plaid 'cowboy' shirts. The girls wore cotton dresses and bobby socks. When we went out, we were dressed up in a nice suit and the girls wore fancier dresses and bobby socks.More

  • Brace Yourself, This Might Hurt

     At fifty years old I felt great. The legs could do twenty miles on a bike, I could photograph four weddings on a weekend and still build a patio the next day. Only one thing on my body was wearing out at a fast clip and that was my teeth.More

  • No Comprendo

     The noontime peace on our townhouse patio was suddenly shattered by the raucous bellow of a leaf blower. A South American gardener’s helper and his blower machine inexorably advanced toward my patio and my waiting lunch. The dust swirled in the sun as he swept the patios clean.More

  • Manfred Goes to the Country

     In nineteen forty five, World War II was declared officially over. Displaced German soldiers were being rounded up and homeless families had to find new places to live. Marianne, ten, and her brother Manfred, two and a half, were sent along with their newly widowed mother to a farm on the outskirts of Munich.More

  • Keeping Manfred Clean

     Marianne was twelve and her brother, Manfred, was four growing up in 1947 Germany. Getting all dressed up for a nice dinner in a restaurant with friends, Manfred looked cute in his tan and white vertically striped short sleeved shirt and matching short pants. A Bavarian feathered hat sat jauntily on his head.More

  • If It Smells Like a Skunk

     My wife and I were having breakfast one Sunday morning when a ruckus erupted from under the mud room step A hurried investigation ended in the garage with the most God awful stink I had ever experienced. My eyes watered and our noses burned as our ears were treated to a piercing shriek from our daughter's bedroom. She came running into the kitchen, panic in her eyes and a towel over her nose, looking for the cause of her discomfit.More

  • When Nervous Turns to Scared

     All seventeen-year-olds know everything. Just ask them. I had two weeks to learn a twelve page pamphlet on the rules of driving and I actually tried to learn them.More

  • Up Chuck

     We all know relatives who can't cook. Not that we are experts in culinary delicacies, but when an inedible concoction hits your plate with a thud, it takes some special manners and facial control to compliment your host.An in-law of my wife's who has since passed away, mentioned proudly that dumplings would be part of the coming feast at her house.More

  • My Pet Peeves

     [1] Doctor VisitAfter arriving on time, you are kept waiting for one half hour, then, stripped of your clothes, tapped on the back and without answering one question, given a prescription for an unnamed ailment that turns out costing $50 for a medication consisting mostly of Tylenol and a decongestant.[2] Over and OutIn military terms, 'Over' means "I am turning the microphone over to you for further transmission". 'Out' means "I am closing the mike and need no further transmissions".More