EGGS BENEDICT
It’s a favorite breakfast food of mine. It comes in a plethora of forms these days. I treated myself to a breakfast of Eggs Benedict …
OUR FOURTH CORNER
This ragged northwest corner of our country has a personality all its own. Whatcom County. Had you been born there, as I was, you might …
WHATCOM COUNTY – FOURTH CORNER
This ragged northwest edge of our country has a personality all its own. Had you been born there, as I was, you might have considered …
GIFTS FROM THE OAKS
I, like our friend Robert Frost, have safely trodden under the leaves of another year. We have successfully removed the oak leaves from our 15000 …
SAN ANGELO 1967
It’s a quirky little duplex with no central heat source, but the price is right for our Navy pay. $60 a month rent. And it’s …
STEPHEN KING
I’ve never been a big fan of scary stories, especially those involving the supernatural. Perhaps it’s because my cousin and I were allowed to view …
THE DENTIST
The history of dentistry is replete with horror stories. Mark Twain tells of a dentist who extracted a patient’s entire skeleton along with a stubborn …
MENAHGA CHRISTMAS 1949
December has arrived in northern Minnesota. Harvest is past and the fields lie sere and spent, tufts of the first snowfall caught in their stubble. …