Have you ever traveled to Europe? Ever since having visited the Cathedral of Norwich, UK, I am looking out for Green Men. No kidding, and I don’t mean those supposedly alien creatures from Mars. I mean the legendary Green Men that are lurking in churches and in old castles, but also in old pub signs […]
Lakewood
Letter: Backing Down
The bow holds steady, the stern backs down, and so we ease away from the dock. At least that’s the plan but both of us were reluctant to move. Even the coach in the launch just sat there. Not looking at us or the rest of the crew – doubles like us, fours and eights […]
Not Kidding. We’re History.
History is being made on the Fourth Friday of every month at the Lakewood Senior Activity Center. Believe it or not. That’s the day Amanatee Radio Ear of Sarasota Florida records “Swimming Upstream, Dorothy Wilhelm’s Internet Radio Show.” Where you will hear programming you can’t hear anywhere else. Right this minute, drop everything and go […]
Letter: When you get to where we got
At the farthest reaches of where we rowed this morning the tight puddles left by our paddles stretched it seemed like forever behind our double shell. They were the only disturbance of the mirrored surface, that and the thin vapor-like trail of our boat’s wake connecting as it were the dots we left behind. We […]
Across the Fence: Schnitzel
What do you think is one of Germany’s most popular and diverse traditional dishes? If you come up with chops also known as Schnitzel, you are right. Schnitzel (pronounced ‘shnitsal) simply means “small cut” or “small slice”, but some of you might even have seen “Tellerschnitzel”, plate-sized ones. It always depends on how elegant or […]
Westside Story – That's Punny
Did you follow the reader comments connected to my column titled, Westside Story – Too Many Loose Nuts Near Western State? If you did, you witnessed a fair amount of banter regarding my stab at humor. Some readers classified my effort as a pun. Readers enjoyed my joke. Other readers did not enjoy my humor […]
Westside Story – Going Green – Electric Motorcycle
As a kid, my parents brought me up probably much like Don Doman’s parents. Mom and Dad taught me to never brag. I think that pretty much explains why I have never shared with my readers that my high school counselor, Miss Gertrude Hansen, informed me that based on her observations of my skill-set and […]
Westside Story – Too Many Loose Nuts Near Western State
While I am all for being kind to one another, the political correctness phenomenon drives me nuts. Political correctness can really get out of hand, and I actually have found that political correctness often needs political correctness itself, if you know what I mean. Why just this morning while I was telling someone about there […]
Westside Story – College Students & Credit Cards
By belatedly mustering a high level of personal integrity, I can fess up to admitting that today’s column includes what may appear to be stolen material. You may wish to check with your lawyer before reading the balance of my written words to make sure you avoid ending up in criminal court as a witness […]