Monthly Archives: September 2023

The rain has stopped. The woman lays in her basement bedroom lacking windows and wonders if the day lacks sunshine. She wants to know if today promises to be a better tomorrow than yesterday was. She prays so and I … Continue reading →

The Chinese wasn’t very good but it was cheap and it was plentiful and it kept us going when we needed it boxes and bowls of it circling the room as we roamed, sat, and swigged colas, struggling to squeeze … Continue reading →

I think in the final analysis this is just as well: you in your corner me in mine. We’d not have worked out even had the stars aligned and all the pieces fallen into place. I’d have found some way … Continue reading →

At the old folk club where I spent all of my time the waitress came over bent to my ear and said, “The lady wants to buy you a drink.” I looked around but couldn’t find the lady. The waitress … Continue reading →

I don’t need to go through Stanford Prison or live through Third Nazi years to know if I could live through the rough treatment of authority figures: I can’t. When the going gets tough, I say “how high?” I have … Continue reading →

She said let’s draw but I didn’t know how. It’s easy! He said, Just let yourself go. It’ll come naturally. I tried to grin but wondered if it came out like a grimace. It felt like a grimace. They were … Continue reading →

I am slow to fast but I think I shall do so tomorrow, when it is more convenient to my schedule. Yes, tomorrow rather fits into my plans much better, so I think God will be quite amenable to my … Continue reading →

Jimmy Carter is soon to celebrate his 99th birthday. It’ll be next week, if he makes it. I pray he does – but not to Jesus, because he is not as good as Jimmy since the older JC will soon … Continue reading →

I have made the argument before that the perfect gender neutral term has been before our eyes all along if we only squint a little. You just need to take the negative connotations away from “it,” decide that there’s nothing … Continue reading →

You are weary. You are weakened. You are wishing there were some way to wander off from this situation but you cannot see it as far as your glimmering vision can go. Wherever you are in this place you cannot … Continue reading →