A senior female paused to look at the AVA shirts we were selling, reading out loud to herself, “Fanning the Flames of Discontent.” Then she…
Posts published in “Essays”
Spotting an acquaintance in an airport can be unsettling. Should you say hello or disappear wordlessly down the concourse? It’s especially awkward when you spot…
Why, a reader might ask, would a perfectly sensible woman old enough for Social Security allow herself to leave the peace and quiet of Comptche…
The tradition of a fair goes back to Roman times, when the authorities would declare an intermission of labor and tradesmen from afar sold their…
The cover of the SF Weekly’s Fall Arts Guide (9/5-11) trumpeted “Radical CLASSICAL — local chamber musicians are leading a global revolution.” The featured string…
My aunt and uncle had a small orchard outside the house where I now live and in that orchard are two plum trees that occasionally…
John Stephens on the rich person's view of the poor: “They just can't understand what a terrible burden it is to have money.” I’m a…
My name is Malcolm and I’m an ice cream addict. During summer and fall I’m often able to sate my needs with homemade product made…
On a recent afternoon in her Cow Hollow apartment in San Francisco, Maureen Downey lines up on her dining room table an array of likely…