Mumford Correspondence
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Travels with Phil 10 – The Frank Gehry Building in Las Vegas
Almost every city, no matter how philistine, has something to commend it. An organization I was associated with decided to have an organization meeting, more than once, at Caesar’s Palace. I would not have gone except, never having been in Nevada, renting a car enabled me to visit Lake Mead, the Hoover Dam and its […]
Imagine
I do business in the Orlando area and one of my favorite things is to poke around Park Ave. near Rollins College in Winter Park. At least you can get a good cup of coffee there. One day Martha and I are walking down the street. At the door of a storefront on a corner […]
Read Banned Books
Travels with Phil Nine – Katz’s Deli in New York City
There are few more iconic destinations in New York City than Katz’s Deli, with its hot pastrami sandwiches on Houston Street. My friend Howard (may his memory be for a blessing) taught me how to order there. You stand in line at the counter where the meat cutters are, WITH a $5 bill in […]
The Post Turtle
An old Rancher is talking about politics with a young man from the city. He compares a politician to a “post turtle.” The young man doesn’t understand and asks him what a post turtle is. The old man says, “When you’re driving down a country road and you see a fence post with a turtle […]
Lane Guthrie
I wasn’t the only environmental activist in the ‘60’s. One of the more illustrious was an Easter Airlines pilot named Lane Guthrie. In those days as a plane landed the unburned fuel was blown into the air as a safety measure. Less to explode and burn in a crash. But we were fighting to pass […]
Timothy Leary
I have been a scientist, really! Observations of natural facts, leading to testable hypotheses and theories: The Scientific Method! It has given us our modern world. But, I have had enough uncanny experiences to convince me there is more than we can see, a hidden dimension. I refer to these experiences as “Woo-Woo!” One of […]
Bob Daily, Mike Launer, and Lady.
One thing about the 60s and marijuana was the MUNCHIES! Oh, yeah, chocolate chip cookies were the cure! One night a friend Tom, a Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of Miami, and I walked to the mini mart at Bird Road and 27th Avenue. I know it was 1968 because on the way […]