What’s a writer to do? May 22, 2023 I finally had a wonderful night’s sleep after three days of passable sleep. I woke from a odd dream where I was trying to… Continue Reading
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
Thinking about my dad a dictation from a crowded mind that didn’t want to forget anything before starting his day writing after a three month dearth of writing. May 19, 2023 Why I am putting the following gibberish in my blog? As the title says I have not written much for several months. I am… Continue Reading
Condemned to repeat it May 3, 2023 If you are historically, philosophically or Double Jeopardly enough you will recognize the end of the end of my favorite phrase about the study… Continue Reading
How the heirs of the KKK stole a Pope’s infallibly to divide and conquer America April 24, 2023 JFK addresses anti-Catholic preachers in 1960, Google:“The Kennedy Speech that Stoked the Rise of the Christian Right” Read it here Continue Reading
Maybe this is the start of my next Reader Column April 20, 2023 I have only rarely taken posts for the blog and turned them into Reader Columns. Today my be an exception but only if I… Continue Reading
The Reader Redux April 18, 2023 I sent the Reader a second old column to reprise. It was renamed the Aborted Girl Redux. Only the preface is new. It was… Continue Reading
Looking for some traction in resuming my writing which has been on hiatus since I missed a Reader deadline six weeks ago. March 23, 2023 As a Lincoln liberal I don’t have any arguments with liberals. I do have some quibbles with the self righteous who cloak themselves in… Continue Reading
Valentines Day Tribute to Burt Bacharach, RIP February 14, 2023 With vocals by the letter carrier who didn’t have a clue what I was doing. Continue Reading
Snow day for me February 13, 2023 I woke a couple days ago with an idea for a new snow sculpture. I had taken the flag down from my Iwo Jima… Continue Reading
An Interview on UMD radio station regarding my snowsculpting February 7, 2023 Community Connection: Snow Sculpting with Harry Welty Continue Reading
Duolingo Complaints February 7, 2023 From the first weeks on Duoling five years ago I found people griping about how it made changes to the language learning game they… Continue Reading
Semper Fi January 23, 2023 Harry Welty’s latest snow sculpture recreates Joe Rosenthal’s famous WWII photo of the Marines raising the flag on Mt. Suribachi in Iwo Jima. My… Continue Reading
Two more Reader Columns January 15, 2023 Three Books It begins: It’s a good year when I read 10 books – histories mostly. Much to my wife’s chagrin I buy real… Continue Reading
Semper Fi January 13, 2023 My simplified version of the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima. Continue Reading
Another stab at blogging January 7, 2023 My foray back to blogging may not last long but I’ve just linked to a fine piece about a retiring NPR reporter John Burnett…. Continue Reading
A good man at NPR is retiring January 7, 2023 I’ll direct your attention to an eight minute interview of NPR reporter John Burnett on his retirment from NPR. The name didn’t register with… Continue Reading
The previous post begs more explanation January 6, 2023 The previous post Blogging has taken a back seat for a couple reasons for several years. List of reasons 1. I spend a couple… Continue Reading
Harry Welty also shoots off is mouth at: lincolndemocrat.com January 6, 2023 Not so much these days. The tag line above from my recent columns encourages people to come to this site to get my latest… Continue Reading