The man stepped into the hall. Many footsteps of many doctors and nurses and patients. After washing his face in…
Sculpture by Taiwanese artist Ju Ming. One cannot grasp the Asian aesthetic of cuteness apart from courtesies toward elders, especially…
Karl Kerenyi, who was Joseph Campbell’s peer, wrote of the Greek myths, that Aphrodite was a solar goddess, whose promise…
From today’s Halloween march, a shocking abortion rights protest, in which my sister participated. In a venue of bloodied zombies…
“Give me men to match the mountains.” — epitaph for Jerry “Hog” Daniels, died 1982. By 1972, my father was…
Gus was a veteran of the armed forces. Gus believed in America. But then a thing happened. No, she didn’t…
The pianist was bald and silver-haired, 66 years of age. And yet he was a master. This was Beethoven’s Fourth…
Ancient, unspeakable mystery. A blood red marble, spent upon the floor. Death of my father.