Third of JulyI am at the beach and there’s a woman here who is laughing the laugh of a person being told either a very dirty joke or a bit of scandalous…Jul 4Jul 4
Father’s DayWhen I finally got my driver’s license, I begged my dad to let me take his 65,000-ton, 95-foot-long diesel-engine Suburban to pick up my…Jul 4Jul 4
Now, and at the Hour of Our DeathI was watching from the front windows. Late summer, scorching hot. But the sun was telling on itself, lazily sliding to the tops of the…Apr 30, 2022Apr 30, 2022
How You Stop ThinkingI am about a mile and a half into a 50-degree, full-on-sun, windy morning run. I am working at it, but not as hard as some other days…Mar 20, 2021Mar 20, 2021
The CuspWhen my baby was born on Inauguration Day 2017, it marked the before and after. It was the cusp.Jan 20, 2021Jan 20, 2021
