Essays about the American Life

mostly on the serious side

A Wishful Memory brings a moment of happiness.

Perfection wins over expedience.

Who am I? What am I?

You Won’t Believe This. Truth revealed.

The Ten Commandments. What do they really say?

Improving Democracy some fresh ideas.

Ranking NFL Teams Is % wins good enough?

You Are Five People. A look at how you are perceived

Flag Desecration. A burning issue.

Lottery Logic. Why buy a ticket?

A New 9-Point Rating Scale. Standardizing Ratings

Ruminations. Random thoughts


mostly on the lighter side

Music, I love it like chocolate cake… but.

People are curious because they do things I don’t.

Designing safety. Please don’t save me from myself.

Body Art, why bother?

Silly Notions

For Good Measure. A look at the names of measuring instruments.

Sexy Language. Fixing the sexism in the language

Reflections. Epigrams for an optimist and pessimist.

A Love Poem. From a husband to his wife

Two-wish Genie. Beware what you wish

You Are Old If. Symtoms of old age

One Liners Laugh a minute

Cross Country, an adventure by three friends travelling across the U.S. in 1955, by Linda Myers Wegryn.