Whodunnit

It doesn’t matter who you are until it matters a lot. It doesn’t matter who that guy is until he’s Barack Obama. I saw an exhibit of paintings of Shakespeare. Without Shakespeare, I don’t know that I would be three dimensional, or require food and water. I know a lot of people feel that way. […]

Trees

I speak for the trees, although you would think we were enemies. Writers use a lot of trees. At this retreat center in Pennsylvania, some of the trees are labeled. Wearing name tags. I like that. It’s part of our uncomfortable relationship that I want to know them, but I don’t take the time, or […]

Drive

It was 2 am, and it was so foggy, I didn’t know to be afraid. I was driving maybe 45, and a truck behind me pushed me from behind, once, twice. Here was the luck: not a thing in front of me, I cruised to a stop and pulled over. And then: a cop was […]

Think; Are

I could tell you that your thoughts are just electrical and chemical activity. I could say that your thoughts make your personality, at least in part. This would mean that tweaks to your electrical and chemical stew would change your personality. In theory, you can handle that. You might say, the real me is me […]