The restaurant is not crowded. Somehow our table gets assigned two waitstaff, such that every twenty minutes or so, we are attended to twice. “How is everything tasting?” a young server brightly inquires. “Good,” we say. ” Thanks.” Then ten seconds later, not to be outdone by her predecessor, an industrious, older woman inserts herself:ContinueContinue reading “Echoes”
Monthly Archives: November 2025
To All the Good Doctors
A doctor once called meAfter an afternoon of pokes and prods He said”When we dig we find stuff.”He said”Life is going to be hard for you.”He said”It is what it is.”Like he was talking about the weather reportOr what detour to take home that dayBecause of all the construction But his way is not myContinueContinue reading “To All the Good Doctors”
Words, Words, Words: October Reads
For those looking for suggestions on your next literary escape, I’ve had another fairly good month. I kicked things off with a classic myth transported into the 1960s, saturated with haunting prose and deliberate conflation of which god(dess) and hero(ine) was who, and when, and how. John Updike’s “The Centaur” turned my brain into aContinueContinue reading “Words, Words, Words: October Reads”
Muttering Retreats 