Two Gents' Worth
June 13, 2026
Civil Society
I’m only guessing, of course, but I bet if my dad had been alive, he would have enjoyed coming with me this past Thursday when I drove out of Fresno and up into the Sierra mountains in eastern Madera County. After all, my first stop was in North Fork, where Dad and Mom (right) had…
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As I was out walking Jessie the Dog this past Sunday evening in our neighborhood, I saw something I had not seen in many years — kids playing wiffle ball in the street. There were four of them, and they looked as if they were in late junior high or early high school. School was…
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Sharon and I flew up to Seattle this past weekend to say good-bye to our daughter Amy, son-in-law Steve, and their dog Filbert. They were about to leave the United States and jet to Copenhagen to live. Steve’s sister Kathy and brother-in-law Neil threw a going-away party for them on Mercer Island in Lake Washington…
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