Ki boots on the ground March 19, 2016 My buddy noted the misspelling in the last post of kibbutz and chided me for not knowing better because I had just been in… Continue Reading
Lincolndemocrat2 – when the original was comatose March 17, 2016 Until Lincolndemocrat was up and running again I began blogging at a temporary site on March 2nd. You can catch the ten or so… Continue Reading
About those Christmas puzzles March 14, 2016 Hallelujah! I’m back….and I figured out how to restore my categories and archives. I’ll bring the posts from the temporary blog back here and… Continue Reading
Blog Puzzles March 14, 2016 What the hell happened to Lincolndemocrat? Search me. I’m only the author of the site for the past ten years. Last I knew I… Continue Reading
Wild Swans and Mao and AWWWWWWW my old website is down July 9, 2015 Claudia and I finished a weighty biography tonight, Wild Swans. We apparently acquired it in February but only began reading it May 29th. Today’s… Continue Reading
and some welcome literary criticism February 13, 2015 Regarding this 1400 word post one of my new corespondents offered me some literary criticism. I was delighted. It was the first literary analysis… Continue Reading
“Where this blog is headed” revisited – plus a little piss and vinegar February 10, 2015 Lincoln democrat is 108 months old minus a week or two. This is its 12,830th post. Its the diary I share with whoever is… Continue Reading
Retiring Bloggers February 1, 2015 My Buddy sent me an email recently that I took to be dancing on the grave of my only serious blog addiction. Andrew Sullivan… Continue Reading
A Memory confirmed for me … January 26, 2015 …not for our recent Chairman. Art Johnston and I have a similar problem. We never seem to throw anything away. The clear evidence of… Continue Reading
Teasers January 21, 2015 From an email this morning: Mr Welty, Good morning sir… I was perusing your blog this morning and catching up on the disaster that… Continue Reading
11-14-14 ALL CAPS, PART 5 – SOME CLOSURE BEFORE 11-15-14 ARRIVES November 14, 2014 I haven’t counted the words in today’s series of All CAPS posts. Its not nearly the 10,000 words I’d imagined a day ago but… Continue Reading
History restored October 17, 2014 I headed home after singing to my Mom for a few minutes before rushing off to serve lunch at the Damiano Soup Kitchen. While… Continue Reading
Friday, 1:24 AM September 19, 2014 Always, my preoccupation with sleeplessness. Woke up around midnight. Listening to Rhapsody in Blue on Pandora as I type this. If I thought I… Continue Reading
Crazy Numbers, Priorities, the Silent Treatment September 18, 2014 It was 6:21am when I began opening up this blog to begin this post. It will be a simple post but I want to… Continue Reading
The missing… September 11, 2014 …syllable. My Buddy takes a break from critiquing my analysis and evidentiary standards to attend to something a little more prosaic: Harry: “metamorphis”? What… Continue Reading
So little April Blog showers April 23, 2014 Its because I’m both exhausted and feeling a need to bite my tongue. Sorry dear readers. My heart is good though! Continue Reading
8 loyal readers plus January 25, 2014 I’ve talked about my eight loyal readers for years. On the occasions when I’ve mentioned my actual visitors the number is a little higher…. Continue Reading
To my reading public November 18, 2013 Thanks for keep coming around. Even with a paucity of posts I’ve had over 5,000 visitors this November. Sorry I’ve got slow fingers lately…. Continue Reading
Watch out for the Jersey Turnpike October 10, 2013 Those select cinefiles who have watched the peculiar movie “Being John Malkovich” will understand this reference. That’s because the much esteemed actor, Malkovich, who… Continue Reading
The writer’s studio October 6, 2013 I’m going to work very hard to keep this a short post. It won’t be easy. After a pretty good night’s sleep I woke… Continue Reading
