I’m numb. Both physically and emotionally. Monday night I bit down on a parmesan crisp and I felt a jolt in my mouth. I thought I might have broken a tooth, but there was nothing loose in my mouth, and usually there is if this happens, I know, from experience, just back in February. But […]

https://tinyurl.com/3mv95f7x “‘I want you to know that the way I grew up, I guess I was wired to live small, if that makes any sense. See, I came from people with low expectations. All my life I haven’t been able to get past that.’” I was interested in the book from the beginning, not that […]

Spotify playlist: https://tinyurl.com/3kdyhzed 1 Fredda told me she drove cross-country, from Tallahassee to Los Angeles, listening to “It’s Too Late to Stop Now” and “‘A1A.” I knew the Van Morrison live album, but “A1A”? You know, the Jimmy Buffett album. But I didn’t know. To me Jimmy was a sideshow on ABC Records, a one […]

We’re watching a new English series, well an old English series, but I’m going to hold back the name, because if mention it I’ll hear from enthusiastic viewers about the plot, and this will depress me. So I was standing in the bathroom, this is where I do some of my best thinking. If you […]