Stromboli This is why you don’t read the preface, or worse, the introduction, first. It’s useful if you’re a student trying to grasp on immediately to what the conventional wisdom is about something, trying to pass a course. Dig in to what they expect you to know. On one level, so sensible. But for making… Continue reading Stromboli
Month: January 2021
Pandemic Playlist 1
Well. I just read an article. I wasn’t even looking for the news. And there it was. 10 percent positive rate, 17 percent only a few blocks from me. Meanwhile, all the businesses are desperate. I want to help – but I don’t want to see anyone, do anything. Maybe this is the final stretch.… Continue reading Pandemic Playlist 1
Sunday Morning
I woke up this morning intending to write something. It was quiet, and the sun was bright and low in the sky. Early morning, with blue skies and quiet. Yesterday, someone moved in to this floor of the apartment building. Four hours of the door squeaking open, then banging shut. Then squeaking open, and shutting… Continue reading Sunday Morning
Hope and Despondency
Today has not been a good day. Yesterday was not great either. Or the day before. In truth, this whole week has been surreal. Can the largest democracy in the West be crumbling? Once that notion was unthinkable. Now it seems it is terrifyingly possible. As Napoleon found out, winter should be about hibernation, not… Continue reading Hope and Despondency