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I was born in Germany in 1938, immigrated to the US when I was thirteen, and became an American citizen. Before and after finishing my master's degree in anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, I spent close to thirty years in Israel as an archaeologist,

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Jesus: 16 of 195

FRIEND JESUSHopefullyI would have loved him,Like Peter and John.There would have beenLong conversationsIn the desert camps,Around the camp fires.He would have deploredMy constant godless profanity,And would have given his coat,To cover me in the cold night,Even though I would have doubtedMuch worse than Thomas. I would not ha... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Fortunes: 1 of 11

WHAT?Fortune, fortune, what's your name?Are you fraud or are you fame?Will you stingor will you sing?Is deceit or truth your game? More..
Politics, News & Issues > Bush Administration 1-10-07 President Bush's address to the nation: What he should have said ...: 2 of 21

On January 11, during the Senate hearings about President Bush's new strategy in Iraq, Secretary Rice said that without the Iraqis it's not going to work. She was absolutely right, but it constantly amazes me that not one politician in America has made the slightest attempt to look at the problem from an Iraqi point of view. ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: At one with the universe: 4 of 41

ALTER IDEMSometimesThe universe deposits a package at your door,And leaning back, watches closelyWhat you will do with it.It isn't really watching you.It's looking into a mirrorSelf-remembering.That's how important you are,The entire universe, right thereIn the mirror.Carefully unwrap the package.It may contain a heart so fra... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: I am a woman: 6 of 48

NO SALE A moment of shyness, honey?I haven't a moment to spare.Explain what you want for your money;A tease? Or everything bare? I haven't always been cheap, But I'm in, just as long as he pays.I lash the elite with my whip,And they serve me in sparkling trays. Who are you? What lies do you tell?What side of the box do ... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Technology: 1 of 8

INCIDENT AT NORFOLKPerhaps I am just a bit like you. I trust people. I trust that they will use their wisdom and knowledge to do the work that has been assigned to them. I don't use myself as a measuring stick for others. There are some things in which I'm thorough, patient, exacting, pedantic to a fault, and others in which ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Police & Prisons Reflections: Inside prison walls: 5 of 25

PRISON TIME IN EILAT, ISRAELApril, 1971 My girlfriend and I were living in a village of huts in a Wadi near the city of Eilat, Israel. I found a job working in a hotel that was renovating its rooms. One morning our door was suddenly ripped open and a group of policemen came barging in, asking me for my passport. We were still... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Made of stone: 1 of 5

STONESHares make their home beneath majestic stones.Grave stones fling shadows to the homes of hares.Upon the rounded mound, and in the cairn,Beyond the broken, jumbled urns, they bask,Dreaming of rocky heights and crannied cliffs,The rambling centuries gone, the endlessness,The shaggy men who danced beneath the domes,Calling... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Astrology & Prophecy Believing in horoscopes: 4 of 19

OF PALMS AND STARSAt the beginning of 1968 I was living in a kibbutz in Israel, where I happened to read a book on chiromancy, the art of reading a person's character and future from the lines of the hand. I discovered that within a very short period I was to die from a blow to the head. I took the book, threw it into a corne... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Living in Germany: 3 of 13

LONGSHOREMENFebruary, 1972 "What's the name?" someone asks. "Nanacarrida." "So it's a small one." "Maybe they'll give us Pensum (do a certain amount and get a day's wages)." "Nix Pensum!" yells Schmuck. "I worked there yesterday, and the pigs told me Pensum. Yessir, Pensum till quarter to three. But I decamped earlier, becaus... More..