Boxing Day They box up the old sweaters, The finger bare gloves, The much mended socks The stained sheets And muddied petticoats Into neat packets tied with string. They take, too, the stubs of candles The ends of roasts Some…

The ancients thought of justice as blindfolded. Not inherently blind; a chosen unseeing that represents impartiality, where emotional and relational distance affords objectivity, which is an assumed foundation for judicious reasoning when people’s competing interests feel irreconcilable. To find a…

Bob Clark stepped out of the clothing store on Rose Street in Edinburgh. He was wearing a flowered shirt with very large wide collars. He had on purple bell bottom pants. He had on "Beatle Boots" of a brown, reddish…

He goes by "Fox". My name is Fox. Michael Fox. His nickname was "Fox". I don't know what his real name was. He was a successful dealer in hashish and other drugs of the period. The period was the late…

I was already a grown up woman when somebody explained to me why certain wealthy Wasp-y families are generally good looking. (By the way, I have not personally observed this). The person who explained it to me, Georgia, was in…

Small things hold great possibility, if you know where to look. Don’t miss the invitation in the everyday, the whisper, the burning bush. Each decision is one step in the long journey of your life. What you wear today. Whether…

"It's a ridiculous plan," she said. "It's the only way," he said. "We don't have the money," she said. "We'll figure it out," he said. "But what about--?" "Taken care of." "And--?" "Sorted." "So there really isn't any other solution?"…

She remembers a time when the small decisions were just that--easy and done. Brushing her teeth. Paying bills. Following up with an insurance company over a claim. A quick trip to the grocery store. Taking a bath. But now, deciding…

Most of the offers for the ’72-’73 Guthrie season had already been made, but I’d not received mine yet, I was confident, however, that I’d receive one and that it was taking longer because the artistic director was taking his…

He went by Gar but his name is Garson. He tried to explain why the name but like many things he tried to explain it didn't make any sense. He was often stoned; he smoked a lot of pot. It…

We are fortunate to have a Heron rookery near our house. Two doors down and back in the woods are about six nests. These large and magnificent birds make a racket and it is primitive and perhaps prehistoric. When you…

Drawing a blank We were at one of those back-to-school trainings in the days after summer when teachers try to set up for the next year. The leader asked us to go around, introduce ourselves (hardly necessary, it was a…