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Giving, Giving, Gone
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Inwardly I have noticed, rather, I have known that at this time in my life I feel like a farmer’s silo burdened with the riches of harvest; however, there is no market for what lies within, the heavy volume of months of growth and ripeness. It is as if there is no market for the wheat that […]
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A Meanness of Spirit
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It has been quite a turn of events for me of late, watching the world turned upside down in this country. Values that I thought were imperishable are now dismissed or thrown away into the dustbin of history. The right to collective bargaining is one of these, yet it is cast aside by such merchants […]
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Why I Write — Cliche Question, I Feel
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“Sincerely, Max Weber,” was just published on line at www.servinghousejournal.com. It is the eighth short story I’ve had accepted in about eight months. Just yesterday Ascent Aspirations informed me that “Freud in Auschwitz” wil appear in its July issue. These stories are in my work in progress. “Working Through the Holocaust.” The acceptances might help […]
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Consider That One May Tire of Society
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On a clear day one can see forever. This lyrical snippet comes to mind. Given the collective melt-down in Japan, the aerial incursion into Libya, the weekly Jeremiads by Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin meeting with the Israelis to strengthen her bona fides, Ms. Angle running for office once more in Nevada, the moral detritus of […]