Every Good Morning

Right now, during this not quite aftermath (or only the end of the beginning) of our four years of butchered truth and smug corruption, the best artistic expressions take me back to the individual in all of his or her complexity, striving to make the world a place where human beings make beautiful things with their bodies and voices. Beauty is more than a relief from monsters and their works. […]

A middle-aged woman walked into the store on Saturday, a long time customer, usually polite, one who has recently borne her own measure of sickness, and when she asked for a coffee and to sit and drink, we said that yes, coffee is fine, what would you like?, but no, the Virus causes us to ask you to drink it outside, she said, “Oh what is this? What are we […]

I have been ‘doom scrolling’ through twitter feeds, and news sites for over 1400 days, since Trump won the 2016 election, and have kept in mind a rough, cumulative list of the wreckage he has made, the monstrous harm he has chosen to inflict. When Joe Biden beat him, something unusual happened.  I could see that the votes for Biden were steadily climbing in the key states, especially Pennsylvania. My […]

  The truck comes down the road flying flags. Its engine’s roar breaks the air. Red is the color of the day. Trucks in columns come down the road flying flags. The flags make the air into metal. Big flags circle lots where they gather. The crowd wears hats, they all wear hats. Red is the color of the day. The flags infect the air. Furl Unfurl, crack and snap. Proclaim, “Go beyond, take the step. Stop right there. I will, […]