Remembering Stephen Biko in 2020
Stephen Biko was the leading figure in the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa. A medical student, father, fluent in…
Pickleball and the Redneck Riviera
Since I last wrote a blog, I have moved to a townhouse in Brunswick, Maine, located on a large de-commissioned…
Borgen, RBG and Amy Coney Barrett
We just finished binge-watching 3 seasons, 30 episodes of the Danish television series BORGEN. Borgen, I learned, means “castle” in…
Voting
I received my application for an absentee ballot in Maine from the Maine Democratic party 10 days ago. I am…
Our Words Matter, the RNC and cilantro
The RNC is over. There is already a tinge of fall in the air here in Maine. The garden is…
Votes and Veggies
I miss the Democratic convention. We recorded the PBS version and watched it the next day, fast forwarding through some…
A Blue Lotus
A blog about what comes next… Today I’m sitting in my living room looking out over a lake. It’s a…