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Guest Post Monday – Ode to a Black Cooking Pot
My parents accumulate people. There were always extras around our home, for Thanksgiving, for Christmas, for Sunday afternoon generic communing. Mom and Dad downsized about ten years ago. Fortunately, they didn’t downsize their desire to informally adopt a lovely variety … Continue reading
Fresher Than
I met Mademoiselle in the fall of 1993. We were sudden housemates at the rundown Phi Rho Sigma medical fraternity. Please understand that Phi Rho wasn’t a frat in the Animal House sense of the word. No goldfish, no hazing, … Continue reading
Oberlin College Reunion Report 2016
It’s hard to explain my love for the physical place of Oberlin: a flat landscape, crosshatched streets, the howling winds of winter and sweltering humidity of summer. The exclusive-trying-to-be-inclusive liberal arts college and economically-depressed town attempt to negotiate a symbiotic … Continue reading
Friday Night Fish Fry
I tried giving up sweets for Lent this year. Christina, one of my friends, accomplished this insane task a couple years ago. She felt great. I figured why not give it a go – not for any religious reason, but … Continue reading
Spousal Rejection
I wrote a 900 word post this morning, a (hopefully) thought-provoking piece about the perils of our criminal justice system for those living with mental illness. The whole thing was set within the context of a friend’s current incarceration. Ace … Continue reading
Fellowship of the Ring: The Outlander Wedding
During the ’90s I made several trips to Phoenix. I can’t recommend this city to anyone with a propensity for lung disease. To land at the airport, one must fly through a smog pancake. Oxygen mask, indeed. Jess and I … Continue reading
