Camp Diary, Day 4 – 73 Days June 8, 2018 This will not be a daily diary. I just penciled in the days of this campaign on a paper calendar through August 14th when… Continue Reading
Duty, Honor, Country May 3, 2018 Ah that’s better. I’ll give you an update after I get my hour of french practice in. Before we left for Florida a second… Continue Reading
Dirty Dealing January 27, 2018 Its going to be a quiet and a long day. We’ve done all the sight seeing we are going to do and we will… Continue Reading
Bringing back Phil to manage my school board campaign June 30, 2017 Alanna Oswald told me yesterday that she might not to vote for me because of all the posts in which I whine about having… Continue Reading
Graduation Ceremony – Harry’s Diary May 8, 2017 Claudia and I left early Saturday for the Twin Cities with our grandsons. The occasion was the following day’s graduation ceremony for the United… Continue Reading
A little “flight” reading – The Sage of Emporia May 1, 2017 For years I’ve wondered if William Allen White “the Sage of Emporia” ever wrote anything about his fellow Kansan, my Grandfather George Robb. Although… Continue Reading
Indian ghosts April 17, 2017 I just keep adding more books to my reading list. The lastest is Killers of the Flower Moon. I’ve been catching reports on Public… Continue Reading
Julius H. Barnes March 20, 2017 Last night when I woke up in the middle of the night I picked up the book 1920 – The Year of the Six… 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
Bleeding Kansas December 16, 2016 This is one of my Mother’s paintings. Its called “Lilly White Town.” She painted it to symbolize the new world we had moved to… Continue Reading
Monday dawns – Third day of being 66 years of age December 12, 2016 In the light of our sun room you can see the silhouette of the tree the boys sawed down. No rifles. I thought we… Continue Reading
Family tidbits for my Birthday December 9, 2016 On my birthday tomorrow I’ll take my grandsons on a Christmas Tree hunt. Claudia told the boys the other day that we would go… Continue Reading
Lapel Flag patriots December 1, 2016 This NPR story about the thousands of “general discharges” handed out to veterans in recent years irked me this morning. These discharges protect the… Continue Reading
The wrong lessons from our history November 17, 2016 Donald Trump reads no books. His history is heavy with whatever lessons he learned at someone’s knees about the America First Committee which had… Continue Reading
Generosity and trust 2016 and on Aug. 29, 1942 November 17, 2016 I mentioned the magnanimity and solidarity of Duluth’s students yesterday particularly at Denfeld with its post-it note campaign started by its student rep on… Continue Reading
Veterans Day 2016 November 12, 2016 These were given to me on Veteran’s Day when the Philip Billard VFW Post 1650 of Topeka, Kansas, honored George Robb on the 99th… Continue Reading
Fear, Loathing, Loyalty, Sacrifice…. November 6, 2016 ….Some of the things on my mind during my nine hour drive today. On Tuesday I’ll be headed into one of Donald Trump’s States,… Continue Reading
Trust my judgement. Seriously. As I descend to complete silliness October 29, 2016 I have one more week to put my Grandfather’s docs together before I travel to Missouri and Kansas to once again help honor is… Continue Reading
Breach Birth of a Nation October 7, 2016 There was an article on the movie title turned on its ear “Birth of a Nation” in yesterday’s DNT. The original “Birth” gave birth… Continue Reading
Segue from Mr. Robot to Megamind with some religion and poly sci. mixed in September 19, 2016 I just read a synopsis of Song of Solomon in a fat Bible Commentary to better understand what I had just read. The commentary… Continue Reading
