A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1975

A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1975

One little confession: When I returned to acting onstage after nearly a half-century since I played Bottom in a Reno stage production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1975, all my performances of my one-man hazing-prevention plays were stage readings. I honestly...
Going once, twice, sold

Going once, twice, sold

I don’t gamble, but if I did my adrenaline might skyrocket as it did the night I entered an online Great North Auction for the stamp collection of the late Russell Hobart Green Jr. of Fairbanks. I knew exactly what was in the collection and had a pretty good sense of...

Finding small treasures in a sea of trash

Finding small treasures in a sea of trash by Hank Nuwer My wife Gosia and I like flea markets. Gosia discovered the ramshackle Schleeters Auction and Flea Market in St. Marys, Ohio. Last Saturday, she brought me there to browse. I contemplated buying a 1957 Christmas...