Written on 11-04-20 As election night approached, I became more and more distressed in mysterious ways. It is clear that I am changing. After four…
Written on 10-27-2020. This morning I slept late. I was avoiding the world. I didn’t want to deal. When I finally got up, I abandoned…
Written on 10-20-2020. Hello darkness, my old friend. I don’t think I’m alone in discovering that, as the COVID crisis continues—can we even call it…
Written On 10/13/20 Today I look back on exactly seven months without going to work as a substitute teacher or anything else. Seven months without…
Written on 10-06-2020. I am sitting at my desk. Trying to write a column. It is 10:30 in the morning. I have had breakfast. I…
Written on 9-29-2020 Today, I go outside to sit in the sunlight. I put my computer on the table. Baroque music plays on Spotify. Birds…
Written on 9/22/2020 Well, last week I was upset by events, overtaken by anger. But that is unsustainable every day and today is all about…
Written 09-17-20 Up until now, I haven’t used this space to write about what is going on in our country these days. I’ve written about…
Written on 9-15-2020 I suppose I have to write a column today. And I don’t believe in writers’ block. If I keep going through the…
Written on 09/10/20. O what a hideous morning!O what a hideous day!I’ve got a hideous feelingThe smoke isn’t going away. The horizon is glowing bright…