This weekend, Chuck Fager told the true story of Eating Dr. King’s Dinner, by Zoom at the historic Fairfield Friends Meeting in Camby, Indiana, near Indianapolis. The invitation came from Fairfield’s well-known pastor (and best-selling author) Phil Gulley. You can now watch Chuck telling this story (34 minutes), right now, at this free link. (You … Continue reading King Day Special! “Eating Dr. King’s Dinner” – Told LIVE
[NOTE: This story is fiction. But it echoes & rhymes with many true events from the soldier resistance during the U. S. invasion of Iraq that began in March 2003. It also unofficially reflects my experience as Director at Quaker House in wartime conditions.] Money for College Fayetteville/Fort Bragg North Carolina, late December 2003 – … Continue reading Money for College: A Quaker War Resistance Story
A Flashback to December 2021: The other day I went to lunch with my buddy Micah at my favorite diner, Elmo’s. It was busy & we talked & ate for a couple hours. At a nearby table, several Middle-aged folks were sitting with a much older woman. I didn’t “pay them any mind” until a … Continue reading Santa Went to Lunch in Durham . . .Not Making This Up
I hear about the messed up supply chain all the time. You know: the pandemic, a shutdown, an economic crash, China, the rollercoaster recovery, the Delta wave, etc., etc. I’ve written about it too, how our washer has been on the blink for ten months now, waiting for a small part, made in China, which … Continue reading Scaring the Shirt out of me: living with a busted supply chain
Jim Corbett was a fascinating guy, but like all of us he had his faults. In his amazing first book, he way overdid the self-deprecation: ”Goatwalking is a book for saddlebag or backpack —to live with a while, casually. It is compact and multifaceted, but for unhurried reflection rather than study. It is woven from … Continue reading Let’s Go Goatwalking, Friends