Refugees, 1985
It wasn’t exactly our plan, but we got there. The photo shows it. “There” was the Mexican side of the
January 2026
Solomon Smith Remembered
What kind of a person gives a pocketknife like THAT to a minister? Maybe a free-spirited, old lumberjack. In the
The Best Shoes Ever
In my 60+ years, I’ve had a lot of shoes: Basketball shoes, running shoes, work boots, earth shoes, sandals, dress
The Man on the Bridge
In 1984, I studied Spanish for six weeks in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. The school was on a major avenue in
Song: Buzzard in the Sky
The photo gallery in my post Birds in Flight features several turkey vultures (aka “buzzards”). The summertime sky in Iowa
Mexico by Bus (Poems, 1984)
In the summer of 1984, I studied Spanish in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. I had the chance to travel by bus