TR Kerth
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Kerth: I am not a racist (and you are too)
Fifty years ago, when I was a graduate student at Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, North Carolina, I lived in a cheap row-house apartment built during the Depression. My next-door neighbor was Mike Coe, a young, self-proclaimed redneck. → Read More
Kerth: Welcome to the world of 'wonderful wonderments'
I don’t go to Hobby Lobby very often, but I did this week – twice. → Read More
Kerth: In praise of a deity that really delivers
It must have been rough for those ancient Greeks when they really, really needed something and they had to turn to their gods for divine intervention to get it. After all, those ancient Greeks had so many deities cavorting around Mount Olympus that they made summit day at Mount Everest look like a lonely day in the park. → Read More
Kerth: A memory of a hunt when the birds evened the odds
As January eases into February and the days inch longer into night, I sit with a drink in my hand and remember winters (and loved ones) past, and last night a winter memory of Dad brought a smile to my face. → Read More
Kerth: A Christmas Eve tale of changing tides
The greatest gift of any holiday may be to remind us how far we have traveled down the road since the last time that holiday rolled around – or even over the past half-century or so of holidays. → Read More
Kerth: All roads lead to Rome – or something like that
Like most Americans, whenever I feel a bit anxious and lost, I trust my faith in a higher power: my car’s navigational system. She always seems to get me back on track. → Read More
Kerth: Searching for footprints from past that last forever
A couple of months ago, while a friend and I drove through western Illinois, I realized that we only were a short drive from Macomb, where I had gone to college at Western Illinois University in the late 1960s. → Read More
The View From Planet Kerth: Farewell to Planet Kerth as it sails off into the void
Now I know how Pluto felt. You remember Pluto, don’t you? That planet was discovered in 1930, and it circled happily along with all the other planets. → Read More
The View From Planet Kerth: The bro-moment that shows how to be a real man
I had a real “bro-moment” the other day, the kind of thing that happens when two guys meet. → Read More
The View From Planet Kerth: Thank you turtles, beetles and crows (oh my!)
Several weeks ago in this space, I suggested that we should all say “Thank you for your service” to teacherse. → Read More
The View From Planet Kerth: Seeing the ‘season’ through a single, perfect leaf
“Ugh,” you sigh, as you sit behind that Lexus with the Ohio plates, or stand behind that elderly couple at Publix. → Read More
The View From Planet Kerth: ‘There once was a Luddite from Limerick
Go ahead, call me a Luddite. It’s not true. Or… well… it’s not completely true. Not anymore. → Read More
The View From Planet Kerth: Just one more priceless piece of junk
“Hand-made guitar, Italian. A hundred years old. Thirty bucks,” he said. → Read More
The View From Planet Kerth: Finding peace in bed with an old enemy
The war is over! It’s been 12 long years, but now at last we can put the carnage behind us. → Read More
The View From Planet Kerth: Getting jolted by a lightning bolt (or two)
You would think that almost being struck by lightning in the morning would be the most exciting part of your day, wouldn’t you? → Read More
The View From Planet Kerth: The lingering memory of the girl on the dock
It’s been a few weeks now, but I still can’t get that little girl on the dock out of my mind. → Read More
The View From Planet Kerth: In praise of free-range animal crackers
I was happy when I read that animal crackers were changing their packaging in a significant way. → Read More
The View From Planet Kerth: The Craftsman ’hammerhawk’ lesson that will outlive Sears
But then one day I broke Dad’s hammer, and I couldn’t find a way to “let someone else break it.” → Read More
The View From Planet Kerth: 'Thanks for your service' – Another view
Like me, Dave taught high school for 35 years before retiring, so he has earned every right to speak on issues concerning teachers. → Read More
The View From Planet Kerth: Tracing the ‘enemy of the people’ to its true source
Just today, I heard a CNN journalist compare America’s current president to Hitler and Stalin. → Read More