Odin's Ravens

I remember that when I was a teenage deejay at WCRA radio in Effingham, IL, I wrote to United Artists to ask if they would send me the Jame...

The first person “relationship” stories I see on YouTube now are exactly the same as the old True Confessions magazine stuff — all fiction,...

  His hand-lettered sign said “homless.” I gave him 10 singles and he replied, “Thanks … oh, wow!”  I wished him luck, this tattered, youngi...

At a local restaurant over breakfast this morning, an old cretin sitting behind me was telling a man at another table the details about seve...

The Gentleman Analyst exits his Observatory of All Things. And I observe that AI art is a hoot.

Doing Photoshop art upstairs, I had a sudden urge to watch Father Knows Best , and wondered why. Not really a great show, after all.  Then I...

I find I’m alive,  and I’m still striving to thrive,  or at least survive.

George the Beagador thinks he has arguments with me, but his vocabulary is extremely limited, like Groot’s. It begins when George stares at ...

George’s Rules 1) Motor scooters and bicycles are forbidden. 2) Horses are an outrage. 3) How dare squirrels exist. 4) The pillows are mine....

It always amazes that some people seem to think that good works can somehow magically appear in a corrupt world without idealism and dreams ...

We crossed paths with a young family that was taking a walk — father, mother and a boy about 8. Daddy was staring at his phone, mommy was st...

I taught and I write, I do what I can. Whatever happens, I will know I was on the right side because I have consciously tried to act with em...

Feb. 22, 2010 Well, I just paid $41 at the pound to become the owner of a beagle. Toby or George? We’ll pick him up at the vet’s Thursday af...

Painting by Claude Bernard The day after I was diagnosed with prostate cancer, I did something strange. I got a manicure — the first I’d had...

Sitting alone With a dying dog, His soft snores a respite From his waking fears. Warm to the touch, Brave as a beagle, Eyes a little haunted...

I was only surprised that everyone couldn't see this.  

I was banned from Facebook for a month merely for mentioning the name of this famous novel, which also became a Marlon Brando film.  Facebo...

I put Paul’s handsome new Biden sign out on the lawn this morning. I placed it well toward the house, so the Trump vandals will have to come...

This blog is banned by Facebook. Why? Who knows? They refuse to specify. Oddly enough, since Facebook banned Odin’s Ravens a while back, it’...

Yesterday, I noticed something odd. A friend had posted detailed Democratic poll data and left out Bernie Sanders, who was in ...