A digression about the picture in the previous post May 19, 2023 Like many far east Asians I have something of a shrine to my Father in my office. Its one of two small display cases… Continue Reading
The Glory that is public ed. Reunion details – Part 4 October 22, 2019 I surprised myself and just cranked out a couple thousand words in Part 3. I didn’t in-any-way proofread or polish it. I might just… Continue Reading
Harry Welty, “Provocateur” January 3, 2019 Brady Slater’s piece about my Cheeto-in-Chief sculpture and its temporary decapitation was fine by me. However, as a diarrhetically, self analycal writer I would… Continue Reading
“My Vietnam” from today’s Not Eudora column May 24, 2018 Peace sign cuff links made for me by my Uncle Frank, a Korean War Veteran. It begins: “I just read a short biographical story… Continue Reading
Sunday January 16, 2018 Sunday began with Church. We picked up S. at his group home and drove him to Glen Avon Prez. He is in his eighties… Continue Reading
Blogging while pissed off August 16, 2017 Its a terrible thing to do but I’m pissed off. In an hour I will go to a memorial for my uncle Frank but… Continue Reading
August blogging, campaigning, and family life August 11, 2017 I’ve had an uptick in visitors since I resumed blogging after my return from China. There will be much more to add as the… Continue Reading
HAPPY # 6 (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER OTHER THAN #1) February 9, 2017 Before Claudia left for Seminary in the Twin Cities this afternoon I had time to read a little further in a book we’ve been… Continue Reading
Getting a swim and a trim February 3, 2017 One of the big 15 minutes stories of this summer’s Olympics was the black female swimmer who won gold. Unlike Gymnastics’s, Simone Byles, who… Continue Reading
Cyrillic messaging February 2, 2017 I just found a reminder email to myself as I cleaned old emails out to unfreeze my mailing system. It reminded me to tell… Continue Reading
A little Harry’s Diary February 1, 2017 I woke up at 3AM yesterday and couldn’t go back to sleep because I was mulling over Trump nation. That happened often last year… Continue Reading
Sticks and Stones, Pt. 3 washing my mouth out with soap January 30, 2017 My Buddy accuses me of being prissy when I complain about his emails. Well, I just want to assure my readers that my family… Continue Reading
Sticks and Stones, Pt. 1 the unspeakable January 30, 2017 I’ve been looking forward to Loren Martell’s take on our January School Board meeting. The only truly objectionable thing about it was its length…. Continue Reading
Shall We Dance? January 26, 2017 I figure that I have several audiences of this blog. The one that is preeminent to me is – me. It’s not just the… Continue Reading
Priorities January 17, 2017 The Trib has covered one of what should be two of my top priorities today. That would be playground mulch. I’ve gotten a couple… Continue Reading
TMI from HRW #1 July 26, 2013 What follows is an email I’m composing in the blog to be sent to a potential campaign volunteer for the Welty for School board… Continue Reading
Burning my house down February 28, 2013 Some kids have been talking about burning my house down. So says Robin Washington of the DNT. He got a call from someone in… Continue Reading