- Your Vote Counts, But It Doesn’t Matter
Elections come and go, but one peculiar fact remains – your vote counts, but it doesn’t matter – to the outcome that is. There it is, I said it. Leagues of Women Voters, good-government advocates, and the civically virtuous, precious right-to-vote crowd will gasp in horror. But it’s true – your vote will be counted,… Read more: Your Vote Counts, But It Doesn’t Matter - International Bill Wheeler Appreciation Day
Not often enough does one realize how high Bill Wheeler once leaped. He’s shown here in the Chuck Smith gym 55 years ago during a game his Enumclaw Hornets basketball team lost to Fife. But Wheels as he later came to be known kept winning the hearts of those who knew him well. Following graduation,… Read more: International Bill Wheeler Appreciation Day - Our Greatest Team Ever
On a Thursday night, Leap Day 1968, I played my last game of school sports. It was the greatest team I ever played on. Also my last. There were no epic come-from-behind victories or marquee moments. No half-time speeches to an inspired victory with movie-perfect moments to remember for the rest of our lives. It… Read more: Our Greatest Team Ever - A Single Moment Captured
In September 1975, I moved to the Oregon Coast. I was fresh out of college, grew a beard, long hair, and bought a motorcycle. I wasn’t looking for work, just loafing. I collected weekly unemployment checks of $93 from a coal mining job I’d quit six months earlier I then dodged Employment Security rules by… Read more: A Single Moment Captured - Living London’s Life – 1978
While traveling through Europe that year I’d set a tight budget: $10 per day, excluding travel. In London, this tiny allowance would be tested. The first night I tramped about Kings Cross station looking for economical accommodations. Most were at prices that fully consumed my budget goal. I chose the cheapest of the lot and… Read more: Living London’s Life – 1978