

He Asked, "Am I Still Married?"
Whatever happened to easy questions? Whatever happened to easy answers? A beloved friend living many states away called and asked me if...
Eliot Daley
Jul 1, 2023


No Penis? No Pastorate for You.
How can I not write about this? Of the three ordained Presbyterian pastors in my immediate family, I’m the only one with a penis. Most...
Eliot Daley
Jun 15, 2023


Sure Wish Mister Rogers Could Help
I am feeling like a three-year-old these days. So are you. And not in a good way. I shall explain. I first observed the feeling we are...
Eliot Daley
Jun 8, 2023


Hand Over My Car Keys???
I’m a car guy. Have been since I started working as a mechanic in a garage in Fresno, California, when I was twelve years old. Learned...
Eliot Daley
May 24, 2023


How and When Will I Die, Doctor?
That’s what I asked my new primary care doctor—a gerontologist. “What do you think I’m likely to die from, and how long from now?” He...
Eliot Daley
May 15, 2023


Choose Very Carefully, Please
Have you ever seen a geode? Kinda ugly on the outside. Rough. Dull. Like a coarse granite softball. Or the forbidding stone wall of a...
Eliot Daley
May 8, 2023


The Root Cause of Mass Incarceration
In 1970, we Americans held about 300,000 of our fellow Americans in prisons and jails. Today, it’s closer to 2,000,000. Can you think...
Eliot Daley
Mar 27, 2023


Imprisoned By Ourselves--Part 1
I just discovered that I am an expert in being oblivious. (Oxford English Dictionary definition—oblivious: not aware of or not concerned...
Eliot Daley
Mar 5, 2023


Deciding to Live Some More
Yesterday I decided to live some more. No, I was not on the verge of ending my life. More like being on the verge of, well, sort of...
Eliot Daley
Dec 12, 2022


A Gift We Can Give Each Other
When my cell phone buzzed me a few minutes ago, it was a voice from long, long ago in my life: Loren Schoenburg, a bosom buddy from my...
Eliot Daley
Nov 24, 2022

