Until April 30, 2020 I don’t even know which day this is of the coronavirus shutdown, but I do know it sucks to not be able to get my hair, and toes done. I know some people are going through scenarios more worse than my own, but since it’s my …
I was not a squealing pubescent, but I did complain often to my mom about being bored. Her response was always, “Boredom is a sin.” She wasn’t even that religious. It was just some sacred scripture nobody wrote but all of the people from her age seemed to take to …
I took a walk today and ended up at the Forest Hills Cemetary, the final resting place of e.e. cummings, Ann Sexton, Elma Lewis and a host of other great souls. This walk was particularly needed because it’s week two of the Coronavirus shut down in America. Last week they ordered us to practice social …
Some time ago I interviewed the sculptor Fern Cunningham, creator of this monument. She called it “The Sentinel” or a guardian whose job is to stand and keep watch. I pray we all have a sentinel in our lives today.