I watched Hitchcock’s 1963 “The Birds” yet again last week. That movie scared me more than “Jaws”. I have never looked at a seagull or birds on a telephone wire in quite the same way since. Some people don’t think … Read the rest
Being Only
I was a Philosophy major in college. Thinking about Being with a big “B” and being with a little “b” used to fascinate me. I remember Martin Heidegger had something to do with the phrase but, without Google, I wouldn’t … Read the rest
D-Day Memories
It was 1952. I had never flown before but at the age of seven I knew a C-47 when I saw one. It had carried thousands of Allied paratroopers on D-Day 1944 and through this doorway I was now crossing, … Read the rest