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We Shall Not Be Moved
I remember my geology teacher at Cal. State. Los Angeles, Dr. Ehlig. He taught optical mineralogy, a highly abstruse, conceptual subject. It required the ability to think in three dimensions all at once. And it was held after the lunch…
Read MoreSixteen Tons of Number Nine Coal
I remember my dad talking about the coal industry of his boyhood home in West Virginia. And while he grew up in a rather privileged home, he did have a sympathetic heart for miners that virtually had no future in…
Read MoreTell Me A Story
When families get together, or when we used to get together before COVID-19, it didn’t take long before favorite stories to be shared around the circle. In our family, one of the favorites my brother and I regailed the family…
Read MoreSo Much Pain
As if there were not enough to worry about with coronavirus, elections, the economy in the tank – now this. NASA warns us that an asteroid is approaching Earth the day before Election Day, November 2nd. All the more reason…
Read MoreStop, Look, Listen
When I was a young boy our family would take trips from Compton into Los Angeles. Driving up Alameda Blvd., as we neared the downtown area the railroad tracks for all the industrial spurs would enter the street and run…
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