bill federmanA removable feastShit happens. It just does. For example, the reason I’m hunkered down in self-imposed exile is because some serious shit is happening…Mar 31, 2020Mar 31, 2020
bill federmanWhat’s on your mind, corporal?Slightly behind Fifth Marine Division headquarters at Camp Pendleton, Calif., in early 1969 was a long, low-slung wooden building where I…Jan 16, 2020Jan 16, 2020
bill federmanWhy? It’s pessimysticalIt was a simple task: buy a couple of bottles of wine to serve to our dinner guests that night. But what should have been a short trip to…Aug 16, 2019Aug 16, 2019
bill federmanCoffee, skip the sandwichMy “adviser” at my local VA medical center suggested that I stop following the political news so closely; it was clearly upsetting me. And…Jul 7, 2019Jul 7, 2019
bill federmanTake a hike, TrumpMy wife and I were on our first hike with our local chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club. Before we set out I turned to the woman…Jan 19, 2019Jan 19, 2019
bill federmanDodging reality in a muscle carI was chatting with my minister about the precipitous decline of civilization since Fake President Donald Trump unexpectedly and…Dec 12, 2018Dec 12, 2018
bill federmanChange a tire, change the worldMy high-school graduation class recently held its fifty-year reunion, giving renewed life to people and memories long forgotten. I was…Sep 29, 2018Sep 29, 2018
bill federmanOf Gorillas and groceriesMy wife had just returned from the supermarket when she said, apropos of nothing as far as I could tell: “Kelp impinges on gorillas and…Aug 27, 2018Aug 27, 2018
bill federmanUnder the radar, off the grid, in syncThe developers are coming! The developers are coming!Aug 11, 2018Aug 11, 2018
