Lou Christen, Author

December 8th, 2019   I can remember my Uncle Joe (Christen), a mechanical engineer who became the Superintendent of the Pullman Railroad Company, teaching me how to integrate the timing of my hand moving the gear shift rod and my

Dec. 1, 2019   I have fond memories of Sister Lucy ringing the hand bell signaling ‘Recess Time’ at the Saints John and James Catholic grade school in Ferguson, Missouri for the 8 years I was very fortunate to have

Nov. 24, 2019   I can’t seem to find out who verbalized the very appropriate evaluation of Trump’s behavior as, “This is the Way Gangsters Operate”, during the testimony of Marie Yovanovitch, the now ‘ex’ Ambassador to the Ukraine, before

Nov. 17, 2019   Growing up in the mid-west, I quickly learned a weather reality: a brief period of calm, no winds, no thunder or lightening—almost an eerie silence, preceded a violent thunderstorm or tornado. In fact, it seemed to

Nov. 11, 2019   Hubris told me that he was very proud and pleased about my use of his great idea for the subject (The Job Description) of my last blog and that he thought I ‘nailed’ Trump’s job performance

Nov. 10, 2019   My horse, Hubris, helps me not only in keeping fit when we go riding together or I’m cleaning out his corral.  He is also an expert ‘councilor’ when it comes to restoring my sense of humor

Nov. 3, 2019   In the early ‘60s, when I was in the process of getting my beginner Private Pilot license, a significant part of the learning process was flying a solo ‘round trip’ circuit from my home airfield to

Oct. 27, 2019   Yesterday being Saturday morning, I was, as usual, mucking out Hubris’ corral and also, as usual, Hubris was following along behind me making smart aleck comments about my raking and shoveling ability. I’m not as young

Oct 20 2019     Watching the October 15th debate was about as exciting as watching paint dry. Tulsi Gabbard was the only candidate who didn’t seem overly enthusiastic about the immediate impeachment of our Gangster-in-Chief, Donald Trump.  Elizabeth Warren

Oct. 13, 2019,   Hubris spent much of this morning trying to get me to understand that there is a good possibility that the great majority of our electorate doesn’t seem to understand what the word ‘morality’ even means, much