Sat down on the subway, an old woman across from me leans in, hands me a flyer on Jesus. It’s ok I say discouraging the exchange, she says something about […]

We aren’t in a position to see things from above thus thrash about trying to guess the way. In the Greek myths, this God or that God had mortals in […]

My friend Kenn was right about many things, he made stuff happen, admired him. Gauge a lot of things against an imaginary idea of what he would do. He worked […]

Meeting with the Dean. Right away we are out talking each other, over and faster than each other – my kind of rest and relaxation. Last Dean I met got […]

Pictures of the ropey twisted cords the make up the brain remind me of the ropey twisted cords of the digestive tract. Maybe because both are designed to break down […]

Sitting in the dentist chair, repairing two fillings. Cotton stuffed between my gums and teeth, mouth open, drill drilling I need to swallow but isn’t this stuff poison for one’s […]

I saw a performance-art-cowboy guy in New York in the 80s called Ned Sublet. He played his portable radio as an instrument. Did a solo with his band, solo was […]

Bought the record because of an interest in Herbie Mann but discovered Cissy Houston. And when Whitney Houston’s career took off and people ooo’d and awwww’d over her technique and […]

the moment in Beto O’Rourke interview on msnbc answering questions about not using polls and relying on his instincts instead. summed up his position “not needing a weather man to […]

The writers are dead, there is no longer any authority on how to play it. But whole societies organize conclaves to decide correct interpretations for Bach or Chopin. In class we […]