LOVE IS THE GREATEST
I don’t like half the people I love.
TAKE JOY
The world is doing better than it has for a long time.
HOPEFUL PESSIMIST
When it comes to peace, I’m a hopeful pessimist. I don’t expect the advent of peace anytime soon.
SIGNS OF HOPE
Doom and gloom fills the news these days. So it’s a good time to light the Advent candle of hope and call to mind signs of hope.
ODE TO BENITA
This Thanksgiving I will thank my lucky stars for the chance to know Benita Keller, to witness her bodacious life and beautiful work.
ODE TO COALMINERS
Last Saturday I saw my grandfather’s tombstone for the first time. Jacob Tremba died in 1922 at the age of 53, leaving a wife and 10 children behind.
A HALLOWEEN STORY, PART 2
Part 1 ended with the Dalai Lama standing on my porch.
A HALLOWEEN STORY
The devil paid me a visit this week. He’d let himself in. (The devil never knocks.)
THE DIMMING OF THE DAY
Last Sunday evening Paula and I sat on a small balcony outside our third-story room at the Waterside Inn in Chincoteague watching the sun sink slowly over the bay.
BLUES FOR THE MUSE
Last Saturday I went to a garden party to celebrate the publication of Steve Altman’s new book. It’s a 202-sonnet homage to John Keats. Oh, boy!
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SEE YOU IN NOVEMBER
I reached a personal milestone yesterday. Alas, there were no fireworks and no parades.
O JOGO BONITO
Soccer is a beautiful game, my sons told me years ago. I couldn’t see what they saw, but I’m beginning to.
BEYOND REASON
I'm a soccer fan but not a fanatic. Alas, the game releases the inner barbarian.
BORN ON THE 5TH OF JULY
Today is my birthday. I was born in 1947. Let's hear if for the boomers!