A Necessarily – Amiss Christmas Missive
This year... 2023... The world is in an especially troubled place.
The COVID-19 pandemic, and associated worldwide hysteria, has finally receded, more or less,...
Killing Your Children
The weapon of choice is not the problem. The problem is the decision to use a weapon to solve the problem.
Ode To An Old Friend
He was always happy and full of life and fearless and resilient... and he was never sick.
Ever.
A Bright New Star Shines In Heaven
On June 30th, 2019, after a mercifully-brief and terribly unforgiving illness, Denise passed away in a hospital bed somewhere in Brooklyn New York. I...
I’ll See You After
She was born in mid-August of 2014. About five weeks later, my mother finally and mercifully succumbed to her years-long battle with Alzheimer's. Several...
At 65, I Finally Know What I Wanna Do When I Grow up
I was born in Washington DC and grew up in a Maryland suburb just over the line. All of my extended family lived...
Meaning & Purpose: Part I
"What we think is ours alone, what we do affects us all."
Despite them being inanimate objects, words have meaning, and how they...
Meaning & Purpose: Part III
Have you ever watched someone die? I mean, up close and personal while holding their hand as they take their last breath? I have,...
The Bittersweetness Of ‘Granding’
I remember enough pieces of my childhood to appreciate, in hindsight, that I must have been an incredible pain in the ass. There were...
Meaning & Purpose: Part II
I am going to whistle past the graveyard of the current socio-cultural and political circular firing squads currently gunning down innocent civilians on city...
