Hoarders
I recently read a local newspaper story about an eccentric mother and son who were hoarders, midnight garbage rummagers, and isolationists. The mother was eventually admitted to a hospital’s nursing...
View ArticleMagdalene (2)
Her memory, Like a maimed horse, Was put down, Itself, a faint recollection Of things forgotten, Misplaced, a frayed pocket Beyond repair. Tubes of frozen toothpaste In the freezer, Dusty combs Under...
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On yet another night, She waited for George To come home. He didn’t. Looking up at the solid sky. She heard the bustle Of separate voices, Whispering their pallid secrets Of other women, who, In their...
View ArticleIndividualism, The Dream Realized
Following Their Own Paths Let’s just imagine a group of Americans who have chosen to create and follow their own individual paths of self-fulfillment by separating themselves from traditional careers,...
View ArticleNothing May Really Be Something
The Ancient Chinese Concept of Wu I continue to be mesmerized by the ancient Chinese notion of Wu, which, in the Dao De Ching (Tao Te Ching), is referred to as “nothingness, emptiness, non-existence.”...
View Article“Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years of Pilgrimage,” a Review
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years of Pilgrimage Haruki Murakami Vintage International, 2015 314 pp Magic Realism, Interiority, Bildungsroman Tradition Haruki Murakami appears to have captured...
View ArticleStaring
I suppose I could choose To sing right now, Maybe even dance, Listening to the reedy Breaths of woodwinds, Which have no lives Of their own, Packed as they are In attic cardboard boxes Next to my...
View ArticleWilliam Pitt, My Blind Grandfather
He was blind, his eyes suffocated Into silence, In his grief, imagining, His body’s stark opposition to The innocent flow Of children in bow ties And full pink skirts, Or an aging oak’s Craggy shreds...
View ArticleManchester by the Sea, a review
I used to believe that I was emotionally resilient. After experiencing Kenneth Lonergan’s film, “Manchester By The Sea,” I’m not so sure. We first meet the central character, Lee Chandler, as a...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Welcome
This Website will be devoted to essays and insights related to diversity, addiction/recovery, psychological growth issues, global perspectives, the disenfranchised, aesthetics, and cultural values....
View ArticleOn sale
The rush to win In the loud clutter Of things I buy on sale, Kidding myself, one more time. That I’ve caught some weary seller Off guard, before the doors close, My two twenty dollar bills Kissing the...
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