A few weeks ago, I told you that I’m spending this summer as a camp counselor and I want to talk about that a bit more. In my boyhood, I was a camper and in my youth, a counselor. That was in 1976. Since then, an entire generation has been born, gone to camp, spent […]

I’m a freelance writer, and as such, I can occasionally indulge myself by becoming involved with screwball projects that do not involve writing. To be specific, I am spending this summer as a camp counselor. One of my duties is to pester the campers to write letters home, and since I’m supposed to lead by […]

What’s going on under your siding? Do you know? You, homeowner, I’m talking to you, yes you. What’s going on under your vinyl siding? Moisture? Mold? Carpenter ants, maybe? You really don’t know, do you? How are you feeling about your vinyl siding? How long has it been now? Four years? Five? Do you remember […]

I met Ken Saro-Wiwa once, in Washington, DC. Ken, a writer and activist from oil-rich Ogoniland in the Niger River delta, was in the U.S. seeking support in his struggle against Nigeria’s oppressive dictator, Sani Abacha. I think it was in 1992 when I met Ken, but memory begins to fail. I do remember his […]