• Concordia Memories

    A warm, introspective essay on Bob’s earliest recollections growing up in small-town Kansas during the late 1930s and early 1940s. He captures the bittersweet nature of childhood, balancing moments of discovery with instances of disappointment, against the backdrop of Depression-era America in a close-knit Midwestern community.


  • A Night in Portland’s Japanese Garden

    Musing from a Japanese Garden in Portland, Oregon c1980