Stories I Tell Myself

March 25, 2026 This week the United States is at war with Iran. The President, Donald J. Trump, actively directing this war is a television...

Ellen was born on August 29, 1940, less than 7 months after my parents were married. We always celebrated Ellen’s birthday on October 31. ...

OK I admit it, occasionally I Google myself to see what people might find.  My favorite answer: When I Googled "Jack Duggan."   ...

Growing up it was always Ellen and Joan, the names, their stories seemed inseparable. Joan and Ellen were a partnership forged permanently ...

  My timeline is to me like the Lakota and Park Rangers history on a buffalo hide at Agate Fossil Beds; not a grand account of every event, ...

 The Sound of Awakening The Buddha teaches that enlightenment is not a distant mountain to climb, but the realization that everything—every...

The maiden voyage of the Bellamasue —my $299 Pelican kayak—was a quiet success. I’d finally gotten the roof rack, the cradles, the cotter pi...