To this day Rob Reiner and the rest of the All in the Family cast are among my daily fare of call back the past. So sad an end for him and his wife whom I did not know. Thanks for the laughs, Rob. Meathead Mike is part of my own political awakening.

I'm 65 years old and still can't cut my toenails properly. Oy

Moon over Cape Town. Beauty and squallor illuminated by celestial indifference

This summer promises to be interminable. Can I survive it?

25 November 1971. Happiest day of an 11 year old me's life. The day my father died. I was free from one violent threat at last