“In such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people, not to be on the side of the executioners.”- Camus
In a few weeks a handful of us, about 25% of our graduating class, will stand in front of mirrors and hope for the kindness of gentle lighting. We will stand in front of mirrors and look at the outline of our sagging faces and slopes of flesh letting loose and see again in our mind’s eye what we were at 18, members of a lucky species, the sons and […]
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I attended a local school board meeting on Monday evening out of curiosity and loyalty, this the District that gave me the opportunity to teach kids for a long time, and any school district now a venue where the polarizing forces at play in this country find an expression on an intimate level. Monthly school board meetings, like small town councils and township supervisor meetings have become the equivalent of […]
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I recognize the absurdity of this — spending thousands to repair a porch, hauling 2 tons of river stones, wheelbarrow load by wheelbarrow load, to give the landscaping on each side a uniform appearance. We’re getting it ready for the next owner. We’re keeping up appearances, and sharpening our home’s curb appeal and investing to up its resale value. I need to purge the monetized terms I’ve brought into my […]
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How is one to apprehend an image of violence? Let me be specific: a scene of violence in a movie. Not a painting or a photograph or a scene in a novel, history or memoir. Those images somehow seem measured. We read the painting or a photo or we read the words. We may pause. We contemplate. There can be a shock but somehow a shock made more distant by the […]
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