Mt Rainer from the plane. . We are Family! We have been in the Pacific Northwest for the hottest days ever recorded there. It was so hot the ice cream store had a sign on the door “TOO HOT FOR ICE CREAM. WE’RE CLOSED.” We were in the San Juan Islands, saw some whales and gorgeous … Continue reading July 2021
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June 2021
What About Memory? I’m obsessed with it. Remembering moments, words and people that I tell myself don’t matter. And forgetting what feels like does matter. Way more than the stuff I do remember. Denial has become a constant in my life. It’s not just age. Look at the people we all know who are cogent in their 90’s. … Continue reading June 2021
May 2021
MAYDAY It has been a worldwide spring holiday celebration for millennia but for over 120 years the day commemorates working people. We generally hear precious little about it in Chicago where it all began. It was in Haymarket Square, now a parking lot overlooking I-94 (the Dan Ryan), just east of dozens of glitzy Randolph Street restaurants. … Continue reading May 2021
April 2021
Sprung Before Spring We got our Corona virus shots in February, waited 14 days and got on a plane, for the first time in almost a year, to sunny Florida. For most of March, we avoided the madness of the crowds on the beaches, staying mostly isolated in the Keys. It was definitely nicer weather … Continue reading April 2021
March 2021
The More Things Change… I’ve been immersed in the planning for a new streaming platform that will be the first 21st century curated home for everything from live camera phone feeds to nontraditional shows and important archival video. Starting a new website, reveals how much has changed in the four years since we put up the … Continue reading March 2021
February 2021
A Tweet from Mid-January A mob of MAGA persuasion Conducted a statehouse invasionThough heavily armed They parted unharmedAnd that’s how you know they’re Caucasian Tulsa: The Beginning of his End After the coronavirus pandemic had closed down almost all public events and when more people in a century had lost their jobs, Donald Trump and … Continue reading February 2021
January 2021
What's Right With This Picture? The 49 vice-presidents of the USA. When all is said and done, January 20, 2021 will be a historic milestone. And it won’t be about Joe Biden. Video Credibility I’m not the only person who has thought about, written about or taught college about this concept. But I have been thinking forever … Continue reading January 2021
December 2020
What's Old Got To Do With It? Every once in a while, I read the original Weinberg House Organ/PY-O-MY letters. It puts me in touch with the writer, my dad, Louis Weinberg Jr., who wrote it from 1952 until his death in 1967. It’s curious to compare what it was like then with what’s happening now. Here’s a lift from … Continue reading December 2020
November 2020
End of the Line We are entering the post-Trump era. Alevei* as Grampa Louie would have said. So, this is the last edition of the PY-O-MY Letter/Weinberg House Organ of the poisoned time and space he has commanded for almost five years. The damage he can do will only last 81 days. So, I’ve come … Continue reading November 2020
October 2020
I’ve been spending an inordinate amount of time in the iso-box 54 floors high, so my views might be skewed. (Heaviness alert) It feels like these days are more confusing than any I can remember. So many of us are angry, dissatisfied, and not as active as we want to be. We feel the absolute … Continue reading October 2020
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