Pulp Joy
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I don’t mind if an author’s opinion differs from my own. What hurts is when “scholarly” articles impoverish the reader. When so rich a topic as joy is stripped, the vandalism must be pointed out. Continue reading
Witches
Adults may slink away from the present moment to rush off to the next while regretting the last. But it wasn’t always so. The sight of two witches in the twilight of a chill April morning recalled a time, so long ago, when the fourth dimension revealed itself as one long golden moment. Continue reading
Threnody in Clover
When a good friend passes on, you can’t help but reflect on their life and burdens. My special friend had shared with me his many frustrations and woes throughout the years. He indeed had many crosses to bear, the greatest of which was, as it is with so many of us, I suspect, just being himself. Continue reading
Summer Solstice Snobbery
A lowly tenant successfully initiated and ingeniously sustained a vigorous engagement in class warfare with her upstairs neighbor, a property owner of great might, a man, you see, who owned his apartment. Continue reading
Rush for Dessert
I don’t mean hurry to get dessert, but to save Rush Limbaugh for dessert. Most will demur, preferring a compote, mousse, or a raspberry bombe. Common sense dictates so meaty a morsel as Rush be trussed and mounted on a spit. Continue reading
Rock-A-Bye Bliss
Oh, the woes I experienced trying to knock off despite the sounds my most dear one was making, who had fallen asleep first. Yes, soul mate, sweetheart, or roommate, they all share one disastrous characteristic: they breathe in their sleep. To get some shut-eye, I resorted to desperate measures. Continue reading
Armored Urban Creeping
I have an astoundingly simple solution to the car problem. You didn’t know we had a car problem? Put on a set of my spectacles, and it will pop right out at you. But no worries. It’s my solution that will give you the horrors. Continue reading
A Gap the Size of a Sequin
This is my farewell to a pop star whose premature death brought me up short. His successes and failures were far more important to me than I had ever before supposed. Continue reading
Sweet Nothings
I make my heartrending adieu to my one and only financial wizard, whose keen interest took in many things, one of which was not my financial health, but most of my money. Continue reading
Urbane Diatribe
This conservative political commentator and stinker was one of 22 people barred from entering the United Kingdom for fostering extremism or hate. Sixteen of the names on the UK’s list were made public in early May 2009. This commentator’s brilliant mind-set was captured by our interviewer sometime later and reproduced faithfully here word for word. Almost. Continue reading