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.
24 Aug 2022 8 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Scout, masterfile.com As Charlie and I took turns driving along the winding hills out of Idaho, I couldn’t help fixating upon what I was returning to. I had many issues to resolve. My head seemed clear for now but how long was that going to last...
23 Aug 2022 9 minute read 3 comments Diomedes
Getting away. thecrazytourist.com I knew I had to get away, but I had no particular place to go. But that’s not a problem with a Mustang convertible and lots of money. You just get in and drive, and it will take you somewhere. I had a faint ima...
23 Aug 2022 7 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
lost in the library. cineworld.uk.co The next few days were simple and happy. Claire and I would have lunch with Naomi and Jason near the lab and dinners next door with the Abbotts and Lucile. They’d been back for months and months now. We neve...
22 Aug 2022 16 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
The chip's progress. Hieronymus Bosch en.wikipedia.org Fast forward nine months and I was home alone. Bob lived with us for a week but was moved to a smaller house. Claire said he liked it much better there and she thought I shouldn’t be around...
22 Aug 2022 12 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
The Lab Restored, en.wikipedia.org I talked with all the women, and they agreed. The next afternoon I was on the launch with Claire and Mr. Higgins cruising towards Papeete. We went straight to the Mandarin, Claire and I, and at the front desk I...
21 Aug 2022 8 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
The therapeutic walk, pexels.com Late into the next morning, I awoke. My sleep had been different. It had been full of pleasant, personal dreams, especially towards morning. I had no idea I’d been missing them over the last months, but now that...
21 Aug 2022 12 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Tahiti, outsidesuburbia.com By evening we were back at the hotel, the four of us, eating, socializing if you could call it that, the women in command of our thoughts and talk. We enjoyed a delicious meal of tropical fish and just as exotic drinks...
20 Aug 2022 10 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Samantha and my Cynara, pexels-rachel-claire. Over the next few weeks, I suppose some unspoken truce was in place because the sailing life went on smoothly and everyone was happy. We still sunbathed every afternoon on the front deck, holding hand...
20 Aug 2022 12 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Samantha, en.freejpg.com.arimages There are two types of comparison, positive and negative, just like in any contest there are winners and losers. Most people cast all their attention on the winners, the beauty queen standing center stage under b...
19 Aug 2022 6 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Sirens call, youtube.com The rest of our trip over the next thirty days was like a perfect vacation, with only one glitch. We would do a few hours of chores each day, but the craft was so well designed that with very little work it seemed to sail...
