Other Histories
In his novel of recollection and memory, The Sense of an Ending, Julian Barnes finishes the first half of his story with this: ”He survived to tell the tale” –that’s what people say, don’t they? History isn’t the lies of the victors, as I once glibly answered Old Joe Hunt; I know that now. It’s more the memories of the survivors, most of whom are neither victorious nor defeated.
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“Our hardships was ended”
As July 4, 2022 approached I didn’t feel this country really deserved a “hooray for us” or even a weak-voiced “yippy” punctuated with a yummy picnic. Truthfully, the sourness weighed on me and…
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The Pants
I think my dad got these pants in 1976 – the year of the USA’s bicentennial– and wore them on every patriotic holiday after. We were shamed by them as children (“The one…
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Good Trouble and Good Change on Mt. Tabor.
In the summer hub-bub around here, a lot of statues of old guys were toppled. I didn’t care. I figured, if students felt that strongly about the old guy statue at their high…
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Lincoln Nebraska, around 35th & Holdrege, Lincoln, Nebraska.
The Fall semester is underway. Can you believe it? It’s only mid-August. Cry as I may over the passing summer, time marches on and the students fill the halls of my building here…
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How to get a Free Cup of Coffee in Lincoln City, Oregon
How to get a Free Cup of Coffee in Lincoln City, Oregon First you need to go way back. Say like 10 years. And then head to Wayside Waifs, a no-kill shelter in…
