Category Archives: Notes

I am seeing the Mystery at work everywhere I look in Salem Village. Well, call it what you like: Creation, Evolution, or as Dylan Thomas said, “The force that through the green fuse drives the flower.” It’s in the mania … Continue reading →

The Salem Witches class meets every day this week and next, four hours per day, no absences allowed. On top of that, last night’s homework took eight hours. Tonight’s took seven and a half. Tomorrow promises more of the same, … Continue reading →

Next month I am going back to college to take a history class. It normally lasts a semester, but this is summer session so the whole thing is crammed into two weeks of unspeakable barbarities: alarm clocks, a commute, daily … Continue reading →

Mike walks in late, and Mike says to him, “Too bad, we just ran outta the ’82!” “And the ’61!” says Mike. Mike adds, “And the ’45!” Raucous, bellowing laughter. ~ ~ (a little later) ~ ~ “If this wine … Continue reading →

I totally meant to post an update from Paris, but Sophie and I had an incredibly hectic schedule of shopping for French office supplies. Oh, the notebooks! The folders with elasticized covers! The paper of non-US proportions! It was all … Continue reading →

We’ve established conclusively that Obama is one of the sexiest presidents ever, right? Right. Obviously. No question. So, in the hope that his spell extends beyond the US, and that it has coaxed the rest of the world into forgiving … Continue reading →

The assignment: sneak into a bookstore after hours and swap the Literary Fiction books with the Metaphysics/New Age section. The hypothesis: this will immediately cheer up the five listless souls who actually read LitFic’s postmodern puke. These days metaphysicians and … Continue reading →

The calendar thinks the first day of winter was a week ago, but actually it was yesterday. 23 degrees, windy, and lots of the white stuff for which Eskimo languages have 2000 words. As a result my accomplishments for the … Continue reading →