Category: Writings, Musings, Etc.

A Bad Poem

“The badder the better. It might be so bad it’s good.” —Adrienne Raphel, The Badder The Better, in The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice...

On Becoming an Alchemist

This summer my plan was less structure. In other words, I made the decision not to reenact some version of our school year schedule in...

The Joy of Singing or Something Like a Star

One of my favorite activities this year—though, really, I love all my activities dearly—was singing in the Community Music School’s Vocal Chamber Choir. I enjoyed...

On the Care of Wounds

“While you’re busy holding a grudge, the other guy’s out dancing.”—Buddy Hackett A Question At the foot of the bridge that crosses Hoyt Lake, there...

An AI Jeremiad

“Now did the Lord say that machines ought to take the place of livin’? And what’s a substitute for bread and beans?”—Johnny Cash, The Legend...

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

A Dream In the wee hours of the morning I dreamed I was representing a friend in a divorce. The judge demanded an answer of...

Regarding Salvation or Reflections on The Big Book

I have been listening (via audiobook) to what members of Alcoholics Anonymous often refer to as the Big Book and what is properly titled Alcoholics...

A Framing Shop, An Ogress, and Rough Sleepers

“To be or not to be is not the question, but to be is much sweeter, and that could be the answer.“ —Miriam Makeba, We...

Statelessness, Revelations & Lady Day

“Fellow citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions! whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are today, rendered more intolerable...

MLK Day, Renee Good & Migration

“We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right.1 Now is the time to make real the...