Dave’s Diaries: Life, writing and more

  • Angry old man part 2 (and now he’s a diehard)

    The ageists are at it again.  On CBS “Sunday Morning,” a reporter noted that Earth, Wind and Fire is still out there touring – and then, in a breathless, incredulous tone, she added “in their sixties.” STOP THE PRESSES!!!!!! Musicians who are over 30 can still perform!!!!!! According to what I understand, these blokes are… Read more

  • A dozen years on

    Halfway to work on the MARTA train, I remembered the date. I’d gotten on a public transit system in a major city without giving it a second thought. But in my building downtown, on the 18th floor, I couldn’t help but glance a bit anxiously out the window. Into that same blue sky. That morning,… Read more

  • Already?

    There’s a football game tonight? And a lot of other games on Saturday, this Saturday? Are you sure about that? It’s still summer. More accurately, in Atlanta it’s been summer again for the last week or so. We had weeks of wet, gray days and October-like chills, but finally the sun has reasserted itself. Right… Read more

  • The master

    Chili Palmer died the other day. So did Karen Sisco, Stick, Raylan Givens, Carl Webster, Karen DeCilia, the Zip, and so many other fictional but indelible characters from the pen of Elmore Leonard. We’ll never again have that little thrill of finding out he’d published a new book, wondering who we were going to meet… Read more

  • Danger! Angry old man

    I hate to keep harping (okay, ranting and proud of it) on the same theme, about young(er) people stereotyping us old(er) ones, but it keeps happening. Today my wife went to the eye doctor, who told her she’d have to keep medication in her eyes with the eyes closed for a certain time each day.… Read more

  • The impact

    The impact

    Another terrorism alert seems to be fading away. People say the White House overreacted by closing the embassies and consulates. If I worked in any of those places I’d want to do my job, but would also want to be as safe as one can reasonably be in times like ours – especially since a… Read more