Feb 12A Tentative Fungo In A Field of SurmiseI’d like to report that meetings of the faculty in schools such as those in which I worked are universally compelling, but if they are, and they are only rarely, it arrives as a debate about dress code devolves into character assasination, accusations of perfidy, and the sudden extinction of…Humor5 min read
Jan 25Breaking News! M&M’s creates a world where everyone belongs!In 2016 the universe coughed up a national smorgasbord of shame and pain, a cataclysmic upending of truth, justice, and the American way. In a desperate attempt to support the correcting of our course, I subscribed to The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and The Atlantic…5 min read
Sep 11, 2021The RegurgitatorLooking back is always a bit dicey, and having come through the year we’ve just endured, the first instinct is not to open the treasure trove of memory. In my case. …Humor4 min read
Aug 29, 2021Life In Review One Box At A TimeI’d like to report that I have been fully present and entirely mindful throughout the course of a lifetime, that my progress is a journey well mapped with boundaries clearly defined and the best route given traffic and construction followed assiduously, turn by turn . …Moving8 min read
Aug 15, 2021Did He Say Murdered?So, I’m sitting in a pre-operation cubicle as a designated driver and pre-operation emotional support cheerleader, aware of the bustle outside our curtained cave and mildly distracted by the booming exchange between patient and pal in an adjoining cubicle when a sentence fragment hit me with the same impact as…Humor4 min read
Jul 22, 2021The Disney Version: Fooled MeReasoned civility is suggested in these troubled times, but decisions affecting millions of lives continue to boggle the mind. More and more again. How much outrage do I have left? How high can my blood pressure go? How much muck could a muck raker muck if a muckraker could rake…Lemmings4 min read
Jul 15, 2021Whose Flag?It’s Complicated The Patriot Front, a group of about two hundred white supremacists, marched through Philadelphia on the fourth of July weekend. Like the Klansmen they so admire, they wore white face coverings and carried American flags. In January insurrectionists determined to capture the Capitol and reverse the outcome of…American Flag3 min read
Jun 4, 2021What You Don’t Know About Memory Loss and Urinary Tract Infection“I don’t know why I’m here.” “”You’re here because you don’t know why you’re here.” “Did you drive” “I did.” “I don’t know why I’m here.” On Wednesday afternoon my wife, Mary, woke from a nap unable to keep a memory for more than twenty seconds. I had asked her…Memory Loss6 min read
Jun 4, 2021Memorial Day 2021 — Remembering Port ChicagoSome years ago, Ken Stewart, a longtime friend and filmmaker was kind enough to ask me what I was likely to take on in my next play. I’d just finished a play about trans-national adoption and wanted a subject that would absorb my attention for the next year or so…Segregated Navy6 min read
Jun 1, 2021We All Smell The Same When We’re DeadI’m an introvert and should remember that I’ll start to numb out somewhere in the first minutes of the second hour, but I forget just how forcefully I hit that wall even in the most pleasant social gathering, I have no idea where my wife lands along the personality continuum…Smell4 min read