Monthly Archives: April 2013

The Frenchies

Time magazine this week announced its 100 Most Influential People in the World. Once more, I am not amongst them. I suppose I should have expected it; one doesn’t really get noticed working from one’s basement. This year, Time selected … Continue reading

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Three-fingered People I Have Known

Years ago I remember going to a reception, one of those things where you meet two dozen people and can’t remember a single name. I think it was to celebrate the twentieth wedding anniversary of a couple whose vows seemed … Continue reading

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Heroes

Two p.m., downtown Washington, D.C., where the road construction and repairs never stop. My friend Jim and I are sitting at a Chinese restaurant chopsticking our way through dishes of moo shoo pork and garlic beef. Jim is the best-read … Continue reading

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Ha, I Say!

Just because you have cancer and you’re getting all the attention doesn’t mean you’re better than me. That’s what the card reads and it may be the best card I have received in many months. Sent by my friend Lisa … Continue reading

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Plots and Life

There are times when I feel opaque, almost transparent. All emotions I have had that could be expanded have been spent, for good or for ill, and whatever I believe I am capable of teaching has been taught ad nauseam. … Continue reading

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TB

The nurse is tall and Teutonic, blonde with a head-circling braid remindful of Heidi in the Alps. I fear she might burst into song. She is in her early 30s, a single mother, and she comes from a center that … Continue reading

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