I’ve slacked off picture-taking. Since Narcissus first detected his reflection in the pond, people have been image-conscious. Recording events nowadays has become almost an obsession. But a camera obstructs reality […]
One year I asked my mother to contribute to a fund for people who needed help with heating costs in lieu of any “Santa Claus” gifts for me. Not that […]
Have breasts always been this big? Or is it just that they’re more visible?Is the topic unseemly? Humor me. It’s only 600 words. For the moment, forget the hormones in […]
On the last day of my Utopian writers’ retreat in the Midwest, we passed around an e-mail list. To stay in touch. I know this drill. An e-mail or two […]
And so with the poverty diet. It's the least I could do, with so many people, many of them living just blocks from my house, who eat this way daily, weekly, annually and for a lifetime.
Searching for what makes a war just.
