I am educated in the Western Classical Tradition, B.A. from U.C. Berkeley in Latin and Greek, English major, one year at U. of Toronto, studied under Alain Renoir and Northrop Frye, read most classics full time for many years after university in French, English, Latin and Greek to the modern day. I am interested in the near future of technology, what changes it imposes upon our heritage and character as humans. Short stories and Essays are my medium.
13 Apr 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
A few minutes later the three of us tapped ever so lightly on Sanita’s door and were relieved as she opened it, standing right inside with one large suitcase in hand. We could hear Alex snoring in the dark. We tip-toed down the few steps to the p...
13 Apr 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Earthquake in Mexico If you continue the white line to the coast it points right at Salina Cruz. It was around ten that night when we sobered up a bit, eating a large meal in a dark restaurant. Joel had sent his friend home, happy and thanking...
12 Apr 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Joel had a strange history, obviously, for anyone ending up here. He’d been through university and had a law degree and even practiced a few years in Seattle. He was thin and handsome and must never had met the girl with enough magnetism to keep...
12 Apr 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
The road to the beach in Salina Cruz and you know who. This was prophetic, the rescue of the book, as the next day I began the ‘rescue’ of Sanita from her ‘Hell’. But an even stranger portent followed in the dream I had that night. This is my jour...
11 Apr 2023 7 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Louie was at my door the next morning. Robin was in his small, red Toyota waiting and we all squeezed in the front seat to the S.F. airport. I didn’t have a passport. They did. But you could leave the country without one, seamlessly and without a...
10 Apr 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
My ex in Mexico For those of you who aren't that familiar with the term 'butterfly effect' it was coined by a scientist, Edward Norton Lorenz in the year 1972 who noted that in a long series of causes and effects the slightest variati...
10 Apr 2023 6 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Epilogue After a ten day journey along the coast, the caravan under Jonathan’s care reached their beloved town. They put themselves completely under his guidance, a post, he told them, that he would only assume for a short while, until their to...
9 Apr 2023 7 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
The waterfront was only a few blocks away, and away from the course of the fire. Many of the people in the streets were now running in that direction. Jonathan's group just followed the torrent of bodies. When they reached the quays t...
9 Apr 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
My Dorm mates at Berkeley, Ron Dasch in front, now sadly, deceased. I said 'K' was business-like and unsocial with me but she was social one fateful night, the night before I was to leave on my trip to Mexico. She’d shown up with Lindsey that afte...
9 Apr 2023 6 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
It was now approaching midnight. The city was asleep and it was time to act. The men lit their torches and everyone crowded to the very back of the room while Jonathan set his charge. He wedged it under the door, lit it, and ran as fa...
