About "Short Notes"      The title comes from a column I wrote while working at a small chain of weekly papers in the Adirondack mountains, some 20 plus years ago. As it suggests, my intent is to try to keep to the gist of a subject, reserving more...

Some thoughts on making productive social change      Affecting Social Change is much more than mouthing slogans or sound bites. It can mean devoting hours - days - years - spending time with those who are reluctant and unwilling to hear the truths...

 •   The Courage Campaign pushes for marriage equality. Having now been legally wed for a couple of years now, I fully support the initiatives elsewhere.      On Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009- less than a week away- there will be critical votes on on...

Some of my collage is on exhibit at the Berkshire Artists' Colony Gallery, 46 Eagle Street, in North Adams, MA.      My work is there together with that of "angel Artist" Bethann Shannon [who work expresses a fascination with Mexican "Day of the Dead"...