Screenshot of a Literary Reading
I latch onto the word bear. That’s it. That’s what I’m doing right now, bearing life, bearing art, bearing the chill in this room.
April 24, 2024I latch onto the word bear. That’s it. That’s what I’m doing right now, bearing life, bearing art, bearing the chill in this room.
April 24, 2024In astrology, Saturn takes 27-29 years to complete one full orbit around the sun and return to the same zodiac sign it was in when you were born.
April 21, 2024He asks about the English, if it is correct. I exhale and note that some phrase is impossible in English. The whole thing is impossible, but I don’t say that.
April 17, 2024The journey was long and tiring, but I was eager to see the place I once called home. As I drove through the village, I was struck by the stark contrast between the present and the past.
April 14, 2024During all this time my fascination with Antarctica did not diminish. That all these tumultuous developments in my life should have resulted from a visit to Antarctica was really no surprise to me.
April 10, 2024I’m not Belgian. I have no Belgian roots. Yet, I experienced the country intimately through its food, through the consumption of carefully curated ingredients into delectable delights.
April 7, 2024A prayer written by Reinhold Niebuhr, the great theologian, eventually became the famous serenity prayer, a staple of all the 12-step programs. It became mine.
March 29, 2024“He stole my book,” I moaned to my friends and co-workers, my bodega guy, my bodega cat. Anyone who would listen. “He stole my book. I love that book.”
March 26, 2024My Irish roots, as seemingly impossible as a rose in the desert, survived and thrived, despite the harshest of conditions.
March 17, 2024I appreciated that my neighbor was chatting with me like a normal person. Very few people know the gracious thing to say to someone who is dealing with a cancer diagnosis.
March 13, 2024