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In the Bleak Midwinter
“The darkest nights produce the brightest stars.” Humans have been aware of the winter solstice since at least the stone age and built monuments, like Stonehenge, designed to align with the solstice sunrise and sunset. There’s something about this particular time of the year, when day is shortest and night is longest, that brings out Read more
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The Lost Art of Letter Writing #2 – New Jersey, 1998
April 7, 1998 Mr. Jim FlahertyCentury Operating Corporation7 Penn Plaza, Suite 1400New York, NY 10001 RE: Michael & Nancy Power Dear Mr. Flaherty, I have been asked to provide a letter of reference for Michael and Nancy Power and am glad to do so. I met Nancy in 1979 and Michael in 1980 and Read more
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Christmas Time is Here
In 1965, A Charlie Brown Christmas made its television debut. The producer of the special, Lee Mendelson, had heard a jazz tune by Vince Guaraldi as he was riding in a taxi over the Golden Gate Bridge. Mendelson got it touch with Guaraldi and hired him to write the music for A Charlie Brown Christmas, Read more
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Fictional Humans of New York – Jasmine
Jasmine blamed herself. That was her default position. In her mind, it was her excitement at having a boyfriend, after such a long lonely time, that made her laugh too loudly, and too freely. She was showing Robert a video on her phone, to see if he thought it was as funny as she did, Read more
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Review: Field of Dreams – The Surrealist Landscape
“Surrealism is the ‘invisible ray’ which will one day enable us to win out over our opponents. ‘You are no longer trembling, carcass’. This summer the roses are blue; the wood is of glass. The earth, draped in its verdant cloak, makes as little impression upon me as a ghost. It is living and ceasing Read more
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Three Hundred Sixty Five
365 days ago I walked out the door forThe last timeAnd took the elevator down to the streetWe never really said goodbye 365 days have passed without a mealOnly a couple of snacksBriefInconclusiveLacking the necessary nutrients to feed a growing hunger 365 times the sun has come upWith you in my mindBefore I even had Read more
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