The Fies Files

I've seen many fine and touching testimonials to the late actor Robert Duvall, with mentions of his great performances in "The Godf...

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] One of the milestones of ma...

Here's a neat TV news story from my daughter Laura's aircraft carrier, the USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space Museum: a museum volunteer ...

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] Thunderstorms are my favori...

Bad Bunny with Lady Gaga So I guess I'm a Bad Bunny fan now. I'm not compelled to speak out on all the passing controversies of the ...

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] Occasionally I’m asked to c...

An overview of the main room at the Petaluma Recreation Center. Other vendors and events were set up in surrounding rooms and outdoor spaces...

From the mailbag: my copy of a new book titled Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine, edited by Lisa Diedrich and Briana Martino, which Pe...

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] I’m fascinated by mechanica...

I'm not cool enough to shoot an unboxing video, so how about an unboxing photo? "Mr. McFly! Mr. McFly! This just arrived! I think i...

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] I’ve been called for jury d...

I have a bookmark folder that is simply titled "Happy." It contains about 50 links guaranteed to make me smile. It occurred to me ...

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] We have an excellent art su...