This is the first time I have brought one of my dogs to the beach for the winter. Well, there was the case of Rucker, but that was short-lived after, as a young dog, he ate one of the palm trees. That was the exception. Since then I’ve left him in the care of the…

I cannot help myself from commenting on The Wall Street Journal again. I have been reading it faithfully every morning for almost a year now and sometimes can’t help feeling that it is part of the problem. Yes, I know this is a strong and gutsy thing to say about one of our most respected…

It is almost impossible to escape the crazy ongoing political news everyday. Unquestionably, we are all tired of hearing about the continuous turmoil brought on because of the election of Trump in 2016. Trump’s perfidy has seemingly managed to affect just about everything and threatens to corrupt the very foundations of our democracy. This week…

The most conspicuous absence on the island this winter is the Canadians. Every year we see lots of snowbirds from our northern neighbor in residence here. Their absence is part of the bad times brought on by the pandemic. Most, if not all, are stuck in their frozen environs due to the pandemic and government…

Perhaps if I was a Lakota Sioux, an ultra-fundamentalist Christian, or just compulsively superstitious, I might believe that the United States had done something awful to deserve the twin scourges of Covid-19 and Trumpism at the same time. Fortunately, I’m none of these, but I do wonder about our bad luck. Despite the recent success…

I imagine life here on St. Simons is much like everywhere else. We seem to be living our lives in slow motion. Gone is the routine of jumping up and going here and there to shop, have lunch, or just hang out. Our days are planned around getting groceries and other necessities and trying to…

Like most people, I suppose, we’ve been cooking at home almost every night since last March. We don’t feel comfortable going out to restaurants, and ordering in pizza has its limitations. Much of this time, I’ve been the “chef de la casa,” trying to come up with different menus night after night. It’s been a…

I sense that the Democrats’ obsession with Donald Trump might work to bring about their defeat. In the six days since President Biden’s inauguration both the print and television media have been abuzz with non-stop condemnation of the previous president. Such, in my opinion, is overkill. The would-be-king is dead; let’s move on. We have…

Many of us, if not most, have had good experiences with dogs in our lives. I do have a couple friends or more who seem to have no affection for dogs; some prefer cats or simply see dogs as too much work or responsibility. But they are in the minority. That’s how important dogs are…

Yesterday my wife and I got our vaccine shots. The local medical authorities have been dispensing the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, and we went for ours at the regional hospital. I must say that it was extremely well organized, efficient, and a most cordial experience for us. Our second shot is scheduled for February 12th. Ten…