Every Good Morning

That house on Matinicus, 20 miles from the coast of Maine, an island that drops to about 50 human beings from September to June. For Sale: 3 South Rd, Matinicus Isle Plt, ME 04851 | realtor.com® There is the home that could be the end of distraction and the noise of 21st Century modernity, this post-democracy, post-intelligence, pre-just-another-few-months-away-cascade-of-catastrophes. The bunker, the haven, the last redoubt.  There it is, the port of call to giving up on people, where the extremities of January […]

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At a certain age, maybe 60ish, when the immense vitality of the 50’s fades, some of us, metaphorically and otherwise, begin to hotfoot it away from death. That sounds dignified, doesn’t it?  Actually, it looks more like an early chase scene from Buster Keaton , minus the skill and with death always gaining. I’ve been going to the gym 3 or 4 days a week since I was 38 and striding up […]

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I do not like to use animals as a metaphor for terrible behavior by human beings because I like animals. They do not deserve to be slandered for our awful actions. So I will not use wolves or sharks to describe the violent conduct or violent natures of the worst representatives of our species. Even though I’m tempted to call in jackals or hyenas to try to capture what I’m […]

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I’m thinner than I have been since I was in my early 20’s and the shade, even in early September, carries a breath of cold, but the sun on my back feels hot. The pollinators think so. They are swarming the tall coreopsis and the goldenrod in the hundreds, maybe thousands. Somewhere in the span of years, I’ve lost my childhood fear of them. I’ll stand in their midst, close […]

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