Skies

I have two opinions on UFOs: they are real, and they’re not. They are real in that my grandpa, the grandpa I barely knew, was a professional pilot, and he said every pilot had seen things. Every pilot had seen things, he said, and pilots know what weather balloons and satellites and reflections look like. […]

Friday at School

One of my students was adding blue colored pencil filling to his Thomas the Tank Engine drawing, and he said, “People used to make fun of me for liking this stuff.” “I’m sorry,” I said. “That’s not right.” It’s the end of April. The kids wanted to do their online learning thing, and I was […]

Up and Away

Four people whipped around the moon. The module was slightly different. It felt bad to feel good about a weak imitation of something humans had figured out how to do, and done, two generations ago. Still, I set my phone to the NASA youtube channel and let the feed feed me. The minutes when they […]

Ears to You, Malchus

Peter cutting off someone’s ear is in all four of the gospels. They call him “Malchus.” It was part of the tradition that all four groups (represented by the four texts) found significant. Peter’s so pissed off that he lashes out at the lowest man on the totem pole, a slave. Peter’s so pissed off […]