Jamaica Plain housing project — age 3, going on 4 Read More

Mardi Gras 2020 — The last night out Read More

I like hats. Hats can provide protection, inspire intrigue, and serve as typical or atypical representations of a hat wearer’s persona. I don’t often wear hats. I don’t think I look good in most hats, and I never know where to put them down when I’m not in the immediate need of a hat. Today,… Read More

I like to think of history in astronomical terms of spiraling orbits. In the same way the sun hurtles through space and our planets spiral along behind it, forever trying to catch up, history doesn’t move in cycles, it moves in spirals. I’d like to offer the possibility that — with our most recent inauguration… Read More

...they didn’t request tapes or photos. Read More

I’m writing to you from a time far beyond your own. Read More

Doggedly, I record signs of the coming light. Read More

Recently, a flurry of studies, books, anecdotes, and urban legends claim that swearing is a sign of authenticity, honesty, and even intelligence. I don’t know. In most instances, I find that swearwords, used judiciously and with the all-important element of timing can be expressive and effective. I don’t recall when I began swearing, but it… Read More

I began this story in response to last week's "volunteer" prompt but quickly realized I was generating a Retrospect twofer. Read More

Yes, we would celebrate. Read More