This is Summer on Sunday, Sept. 19, as she completes her ninth week on this plane of existence. She has learned how to go down and up stairs and how to sneak-attack her big sister, Dejah Thoris, who can give as good as she gets. The carpet cleaner is still on hot standby, but atContinue reading “Puppy portrait”
Author Archives: WarrenBluhm
See here
To share a book or a disc or a file: Look! See! Listen! Do you know what this object is? It is the finished product of so much work, these few hundred pages of story, this half-hour of music, this 90-minute film — someone had a story to tell, an argument to make, a desireContinue reading “See here”
The end of journalism as I knew it
All my life as a journalist, I have tried to write in a way that was fair to all sides of an issue and masked whatever my personal opinion was, because the idea was to present the facts of a story accurately. This is the authentic beginning of a news story that cleared the AssociatedContinue reading “The end of journalism as I knew it”
The frustrations of puppyhood
“I’m BORED. There’s nothing to DO here,” the puppy whined. “Here’s a bone, chew on that for a while,” Mom said. “Been there, done that.” “Well, chase the cat around the house.” “She’s sleeping.” “OK. Where’s that ball?” “Balls are boring. I’m going to chew the door trim.” “No, you’re not.” “I’m going to eatContinue reading “The frustrations of puppyhood”
ZAP!
I believe I became a kinder, gentler man when I stumbled across the Zero Aggression Principle, or ZAP, best articulated by the recently deceased L. Neil Smith: “No one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being for any reason whatever; nor should anyone advocate the initiation of force, orContinue reading “ZAP!”
Wisdom from Roseanne Cash
I’m an occasional listener to the Tent Show Podcast, which plays excerpts from the Big Top Chautauqua concerts that happen every summer under a big tent on a hill not far from the shores of Lake Superior in Bayfield, Wisconsin. My podcatcher told me Roseanne Cash was up next. Now, I’m a big Roseanne CashContinue reading “Wisdom from Roseanne Cash”
High crimes and misdemeanors
I wrote this a decade ago at the conclusion of a little essay called “We’re all gonna die” (page 31): “Refuse to be afraid. Resist the impulse to yield to the fear and let someone strip your liberty in the name of security and protection. Live like you were dying – because you are dying,Continue reading “High crimes and misdemeanors”
