Material

If you’re afraid you’ll have nothing to say, if you’re afraid your life will continue in its deep patterns: the airport, the casino, the emergency room. Today I tried the emergency room. A friend had taken her father there. His mind is somewhat blurred, his body pretty worn, and then he broke his leg. When the family […]

Spirit

Happy Christmas, Christmas people (everyone in my opinion). This year I taught “A Christmas Carol” to my students. As usual, I was nervous that by teaching a text I loved, I would hate my students or hate the text for ruining my life. This didn’t happen. My freshmen generally need me to do some of the reading […]

Inferno

I find myself thinking of “Toy Story 3” a lot lately, and that’s not as pleasant as it might sound. In the film, the toys enjoy shenanigans and make escapes but ultimately end up slowly sliding toward the flames of eternal fire. Really, I’m hardly the first to hold this interpretation. Yes, the flames are […]

December

It’s Mardi Gras again, which means I am sitting on my floor cutting little square shaped holes in cardboard boxes, and then painting said boxes a glossy black. Though I have work tables, I end up on the floor. Like I was Japanese in a past life. I sit cross legged, or knees in a […]