October 2, 2018
In Cold Texas
On August 11, 2006 — a sweltering Friday night — 16-year-old Amber Wyatt reported that she had been raped in … Read More “In Cold Texas”
Category: Writing
September 25, 2018
Truth Meltdown
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced communist, but people for whom the … Read More “Truth Meltdown”
September 22, 2018
Aglow 9/22/18
This weekend, Spark and Spitfire introduces a new regular weekend post called AGLOW, which will feature a poem that has had meaning for me … Read More “Aglow 9/22/18”
September 13, 2018
F-Bomb
Yesterday, David Ignatius, the award-winning columnist for the Washington Post published an editorial about Bob Woodward’s new book, Fear: Trump in … Read More “F-Bomb”
September 7, 2018
Ignite 9/7/18
The night before last, I overheard on cable news the term, “primeval fear.” Not “primal fear,” but “primeval fear.” The … Read More “Ignite 9/7/18”
August 17, 2018
Ignite 8/17/18
Who’s the person NOT on Facebook, but still remembers your birthday? That’s right — grandma! Grandmothers keep us happy (and … Read More “Ignite 8/17/18”
August 16, 2018
Magic Horse
Yesterday I imagined walking into the lobby of the Bread Loaf Inn in the Green Mountains near Middleburg, Vermont to … Read More “Magic Horse”
August 8, 2018
One-Note Draft
What is memoir? What isn’t memoir? Sometimes (and in my case, more often than not), the memoirist can’t tell until … Read More “One-Note Draft”
August 1, 2018
Feed Your Head — Part Two
“The theater, when it is potent enough to deserve its ancestry, is always dangerous. That is why it is instinctively … Read More “Feed Your Head — Part Two”
July 24, 2018
My Willow Oak
Early yesterday morning, I heard a thundering thud . . . so loud, it scared my cat, Jem, and drove … Read More “My Willow Oak”