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I received the death certificate last Thursday.  It should have arrived a day earlier, but there was a mix-up at UPS. Well, my father died four months ago, what’s another day to wait? Backstory. Last week, I discovered – right around Father’s Day Weekend – that my biological father, Robert Miller, had passed away in…

Every time around this year, around Father’s Day, depression hits me.  I am reminded of how many of my friends are celebrating Father’s Day with their beloved fathers – or are posting memories on social media of their beloved fathers who have been called to Glory. I don’t have those memories.  My biological father, Robert…

We’ve got nearly two dozen men and women who have declared their intent to run for the Democratic nomination for President in 2020. And depending on your personal situation, depending on what you want for our future, you might feel that Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden or Elizabeth Warren or Kamala Harris or any of…

NOTE: Today’s blog post contains very coarse language and situations.  Reader discretion is advised. Even though I don’t have to protect this clown’s identity if I don’t want to … for the balance of this story, you will know him as Art.  Art was about three or four years older than me, and when I…

So here’s the plotline.  Five young men and women – all orphaned – wake up in a room unlike any other.  Staircases that go long distances to nowhere.  And a red food machine that will only dispense nutrients if the teenagers perform specific gestures. Forget Hunger Games or Twilight or any of the other dystopian…

Teri Conroy is a very good friend of mine, she operates a hobby farm in Altamont that is home to more than a dozen llamas (along with chickens and an alpaca).  With homage to her previous life as a writer of children’s books, she named the farm Wunsapana Farm.  Say it five times fast, you’ll…