Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge

We went to Galaxy’s Edge on Day 4 of public access. Our level of “Star Wars” interest and expertise ranged from loving the first three movies and having seen the others to that plus some knowledge of comic books and books. Our group got two reservations because there were 8 of us, and only […]

Fear Of

I read this Raymond Carver poem with middle school students: Fear of seeing a police car pull into the drive. Fear of falling asleep at night. Fear of not falling asleep. Fear of the past rising up. Fear of the present taking flight. Fear of the telephone that rings in the dead of night. Fear […]

Truths

Truth: In these last few years of (sort of) voluntary reduced means, one spending pleasure that remains is the grocery store. There is no concern at the grocery store for if one should be spending money, one must buy food, mustn’t one? A child of the ’80s, the grocery store is also the only place […]

Flags

He was telling me he forgot the name of the town that is just south of Garnett. I wonder if he is a Trump supporter, I thought. “I’m sure I don’t know it, anyway,” I said. “I hardly know anyplace in Kansas, except along the way to Colorado. My great-grandparents’ farm was near Lancaster, though, […]