Back and Front

There are alleys here. When the Coen brothers filmed “Inside Llewyn Davis,” they had trouble finding an alley in Manhattan because there are not alleys in Manhattan. Space is not reserved for trash and rats– space is shared with trash and rats. Except in the oldest part of town, where the foundations are too old, […]

Pivot

Because there was a giant cardboard Moulin Rouge windmill on top of it, I was driving my sister’s car very slowly. Mardi Gras proceeds deliberately. So slowly people can get in and out of the car/float in progress. Somebody got in the passenger seat. We chatted about history in the area, Mardi Gras and otherwise. […]

Questions

I drove out to my favorite local formerly Confederate sympathizing town last weekend, and sat on a plastic chair in the corner and took notes. There was a lovely lecture being given on a vegetarian settlement in Kansas. The settlement, like many utopian communities, lasted about fifteen minutes, but a lot of other history of […]

In Event of Moon Disaster

Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace. These brave men…know that there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice….they will be mourned by a Mother Earth […]