I live in a part of Northern California where acacia trees grow. Actually, they do more than grow. They explode for the entire month of February. Right now, their leaves are changing from an indistinct green to a hazy olive. … Continue reading February Soon Enough
Maybe it’s the New Year. Maybe it’s moving and starting a new job. Maybe it’s owning a car for the first time in a decade and getting used to the oddly familiar but forgotten world of driving again. Believe it … Continue reading Regrets, I’ve Had a Few
I have a two-year old grandson who loves to takes things apart. If he can smash them, even better. My mother tells me that when I was his age I unscrewed the door to our refrigerator and when my father … Continue reading Car Wars II
I bought a car this week. I haven’t owned one in years. I rode the university shuttle and public transit in New York. I had a car but gave it away. I tell people that, because I sound magnanimous. But … Continue reading Car Wars
Tu scendi dalle stelle, o Re del Cielo, E vieni in una grotta al freddo, al gelo. O Bambino mio Divino, Io ti vedo qui tremar. O Dio beato, E quanto ti costò l’avermi amato! A Te, che sei del … Continue reading Mittwoch Matinee
I bought my daughter a garbage disposal for Christmas this year. I’m sentimental that way. Nothing says the birth of the savior like a machine that grinds discarded food. She even knows about it, because when the plumber arrived one … Continue reading Keeping it Complicated for Christmas
Our world has shifted, and the effect has been no less dramatic than if magnetic north suddenly pointed south. What is this shift? Reason no longer reigns with dispassionate, detached coolness over our lives. You may argue that it never … Continue reading Nothing More Than Feelings
