Hello, Person To My Right
There’s been some confusion. Can we talk? Wow, it’s noisy out there There’s so much shouting and posturing as the days tick by toward November 3 that we can hardly hear Continue Reading →
Tag: politics
Could You Be Disenfranchised?
The war on vote-by-mail I tried, I really tried, to aim away from politics this week. But with the step-up in the attacks on the U.S. Postal Service, writing about Continue Reading →
In Which I Attempt Classical Japanese Poetry
Tanka a lot, August I am no poet, and I know it But I admire poetry a whole lot (though if I didn’t, I’d never admit it — what kind of person doesn’t Continue Reading →
Times Are Dark, So Lighten Up
We won’t get through this if we lose all our joy I’m not trying to be funny here Seriously. What I’m after is a sober-sided defense of levity. After taking an afternoon Continue Reading →
Life After COVID
It won’t be the same, and that could be good — or not Tired of the coronavirus? It’s not tired of you As Americans reel from economic duress and collective cabin Continue Reading →