Help save Once Upon A Crime!

Once Upon A Crime, one of the best independent mystery bookstores in the country, is struggling. Not because of anything they have or haven’t done, but because of on-going street construction that has put a significant damper on customer traffic for a very long time now. I love Once Upon A Crime, a store that’s … Read more

Puerto Rico: A Lesson in Hope

A week ago, I returned from Puerto Rico, where I’d spent the previous week helping to rebuild a home destroyed by Hurricane Maria. Almost immediately, my wife and I began preparations for Thanksgiving. It was, to say the least, a disconcerting juxtaposition of events. Puerto Ricans have spent the last year working to recover from … Read more

Puerto Rico, Here I Come!

On Saturday, I leave for Puerto Rico with a group of fellow Methodists. Our mission is to help rebuild three homes destroyed a year ago by hurricane Maria—three homes of the thousands razed by that monster of a storm. There is still so much work to be done to help this island, which is a … Read more

Gettysburg

On our way to Carlisle to be a part of the Celebrate the Book Week, my wife and I stopped at Gettysburg, our first visit to this landmark in a terrible war.  Here I am at the monument erected to the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment. In the great battle fought at Gettysburg, the 1st Minnesota—or the … Read more