My New Sleeping Partner
The coffee table pile I was telling my friend Andrea—who had just loaned me a novel—about the strange book arrangement on my bed that has evolved since COVID-19 began. My…
From Cairo to Santa Fe
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Defying Tedium
How are you coping these days, my friends? Due to COVID-19, everyone I know is engaged in some sort of intense examination of our world, a questioning of self and…
Comfort, Hope, and the Five Little Peppers
After my sister and I cleared out my mother’s house before its sale, I came home with some childhood books that I wanted to keep, and stuck them on a…
Commencement Canceled
Oh my goodness. The Class of 2020 isn’t getting a graduation ceremony. No caps and gowns, no processing into a giant, over-air conditioned auditorium or athletic stadium, no beribboned diplomas…
The Need to Knead
I am, like a lot of other Americans, spending a lot of time in the kitchen these days. Okay, truth be told, I spend a lot of time in the…
A Toilet Paper Confession
Beginning with this blog, I am sharing my observations and musings about life as we are now experiencing it. What I know to be true is that despite all the…