It seems all my friends are sick and dying, but of course that’s not true. A lot of them are already dead. Many of those not gone are sad, frail and ailing. They shuffle, figuratively,…
Posts tagged as “essays”
For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead…
“What line of work are you in, Speed? “I’m back in college now. I’m trying to pick up some education hours so I can get a teaching certificate.” “What you are then, is a 30-year-old…
I have never noticed the view from the Flatiron Building before. Manhattan, if you tilt your head just right, is a strangely compelling piece of sculpture. “It’s a good thing,” my editor says, “that your…
With my chair tilted back … and the cat in my lap, I thought I might take …a long afternoon nap, When out from the kitchen … there arose such a clatter, I put on…
A song of protest has made it to the front page of The New York Times and to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. For the first time in history, the “artist” holding that…
Once upon a time a Ukiah guy started his car, headed to work and noticed an open bottle of Mickey’s Malt Liquor in his cupholder. It was from last night, driving back from the pizza…