And then the pit bull jumped up and hit me hard in the cheekbone. I am used to dogs and can generally de-escalate most situations. The couple were nearby, perhaps twenty or thirty feet away from me. Their unleashed dog ran up and sat in front of me. The owners said, "He's friendly," but owners almost [...]
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Gary loves fruitcake, even the awful gumdrop sort which I would not even use as a doorstop. I like the real thing. I made a traditional wedding cake for our wedding in 1974, a dark, aged cake from a nineteenth century recipe. This is what our family regarded as a wedding cake: fruitcake with white [...]
heartbroken?
Look, I have this firm belief that if America hasn't broken your heart, you don't love her enough.—Sen. Cory Booker
READINGS
I used to require my college writing students to attend: MFA in Writing Residency Brings Top Writers to Seaside for Nightly Readings in January The Pacific University Master of Fine Arts in Writing program hosts readings by top contemporary writers during its 10-day residency in Seaside. The series offers a rare opportunity to hear these [...]
WOUND
The sky is raining down hard, we expect a "king" tide flood at the time I am supposed to be driving north, and I should be asleep as I type this. I am thinking backward and forward. I will not get back to sleep. I think about war and how it is wound and stain. [...]
DO AS I SAY, not as I do?
Why is it that I do not feel better when my country is doing it instead of some other country doing it? Isn't that what we are all supposed to have learned in Kindergarten? “ 'A nation that willfully destroys another country’s heritage would be no better than the criminals who have destroyed irreplaceable sites [...]
SNEAKER WAVE
During our walk yesterday, a wave swept up a hundred yards over the sand and another ten yards into the rocks. This was nothing unusual. We pay attention, so we knew to move higher onshore and are rarely caught. We are particularly careful where there is no place to escape should a wave sweep all [...]
