Are we pushing back the fears and anger? The frustration and helplessness? Do we feel the sensation that we are onboard traveling at a thousand miles an hour with no controls? We watch the news in disbelief. And go to the gym and push hard against the metal machines as if it will make a […]
On Birds
Do you enjoy watching birds and figuring out which ones are which? How young were you when they first hit your radar? Were they objects in the sky or living creatures? Did you discover them only after getting new glasses? Or to attract the affection of a birdwatcher? How many times have you told […]
Little Flutes, Escaping London, and The Writers’ Colony
Hanna was a 1946 Dodge pickup with a camper on the back. When we escaped back to America we bought her after hitchhiking to Columbus Ohio. She was an old farm truck that would probably run on kerosene. We lived in her for about five years ducking and dodging goons we imagined from the UK who were after us for skipping out of the country.
