Last week’s gospel was: render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, render unto God what is God’s. I was definitely having rendering problems. Render, in case you weren’t sure, means “to give what is due or owed.” I possessed, each week, seven days and do the math, you know, a lot of hours, and I somehow […]
Read More Render Unto CaesarPINNOCHIO (opening of an almost-novel) There once was a man named Gepetto who lived with his loneliness every day. Loneliness slept in the corner and sighed and kept him awake. Gepetto became older; his hair grew in white, and his teeth wore down dull, and his ankles started creaking in the morning, and his lips […]
Read More The Man Made Out of WoodI have two stacks of vocabulary tests in my hands, standing at the front of the room, and one of my bolder students says, to delay things, “So, what’re you doin’ this weekend, Ms Schurman?” “Well,” I say, “One of my friends is turning eighty today, and I’m going to his party.” I […]
Read More Have TwoI know you think you’re a dolphin, but I’m telling you, you’re a shark. Most humans think they are dolphins. The ones who say they are sharks mean, “I’m on the prowl and I am relentless in a sexy way.” They are probably lying about this. People who are actually on the prowl and […]
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