Thoughts on Reaching Age 80

Thoughts on Reaching Age 80

Thoughts on Reaching Age 80 By Hank Nuwer I grew up in a family where my mother’s people and my father’s people died at an old age. My father’s dad lived to 86. My mother’s dad lived to 95. I was born on August 19, 1946, just before the Nuremberg Trials began. A...
Casey Dog’s Story

Casey Dog’s Story

July 18, 2026 I was cleaning out my digital files today and came across an unpublished column (I pretended was) written by my dog Casey. Casey died in 2019. I miss him still. I dated and then married my wife Gosia. Before Casey, she had been afraid of dogs. Before...
Gosia and Hank’s Excellent Adventure

Gosia and Hank’s Excellent Adventure

First published, Cordova Times’ Last Frontier Days By Hank Nuwer             During the reign (1558-1603) of Queen Elizabeth I, Shakespearian actor Will Kemp supposedly declared that anyone achieving fleeting fame might be dismissed as a “Nine Days’ Wonder.”...