Summer in the City The thready fingers of heat are already rising from the city’s concrete soul. Another vapid, sullen, pedestrian summer morning grudgingly awakens. Dawn brings with it dreary dull, oppressive heat. It’s just another smothering, nascent, smoldering summer day. It is already too hot to move — and too muggy to breathe. I look… Read More »
Leave Something Behind This may seem morose to you, but I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how the world will be when I’m not here anymore. The world will go on and take no notice of my demise. So, that got me thinking: What will I leave behind when I leave this world? It’s important… Read More »
Walter Cronkite, Kopi Luwak, and Other Stuff I was going to write an essay about Walter Cronkite today. It was going to be an open letter to the dearly departed bastion of real, authentic news. “Dear Walter, You would not believe what’s going on in the world these days – you’re probably turning over in your… Read More »
Are There Rain Puddles in Heaven? It’s almost summer and it already feels like summer. I walk a lot and I often see rain puddles. I don’t want to get my shoes wet, so I avoid them. Life was easier when I was a kid. I didn’t avoid the rain puddles, I loved splashing in them.… Read More »
Introduction “Raincrows” was originally published in May 2007. This essay is based on memories that were created and left to me by my grandfather. Because memories live on as long as we remember them, my grandfather lives on in my life as well. I hope you will take the time to read this essay and let… Read More »
Back to Normal In my part of the world, we have endured over two months of lockdowns, quarantines, closings, reopenings, shortages, runs on toilet paper, Clorox, Lysol, hand sanitizer, alcohol -not the drinking kind – and so on. In a nutshell… things have really gotten crazy! And just about everyone, common people, rich people, kings, queens,… Read More »