Sunday, February 1, 2026

A father's grief

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After 2 Samuel 18   Even after his kingdom is almost lost, his family torn apart, his country sundered in two, his throne threatened,  the m...
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Saturday, January 31, 2026

Saturday Good Reads – Jan. 31, 2026

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I get amused when I see stories about how entitled Baby Boomers are, or how we supposedly lived the life of Riley back in the 1950s. While t...
Friday, January 30, 2026

Death by oak tree

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After 2 Samuel 18   The son, favored, natural leader, ambitious, the son with his famous mane of hair, escapes defeat and gets his famous ma...
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Thursday, January 29, 2026

Noir Poetry: Weldon Kees and Kenneth Fearing

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I’m not sure when I first ran across the reference to noir poetry. Several years ago, I read a novel in verse form,  The Long Ride  by Robin...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

"The Prodigal of Leningrad" by Daniel Taylor

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I’m trying to remember when I first became interested in Russian history. Most likely, when I was 10, and one of my Christmas presents (my m...
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

The Friend Who Turned Out to Be a Poet

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For many years, until they changed the closing time, my wife and I could be found most Sunday afternoons at the YMCA in out suburb of St. Lo...
Monday, January 26, 2026

Cultivating, Winter 2026: Renewing Gratitude

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The winter issue of  Cultivating Oaks Press  is live, and the theme is  renewing gratitude . This issue includes some wonderful essays, arti...