Wintering in Florida, with its large population of seniors, leads one to contemplate Donne’s poem. Despite his suggestion to “ask not for whom the bell tolls”, each January, those who are returning to the same location where we stay, check in … Continue reading
What does one tell the grandkids in a world like this? I grew up a poor kid in a rich person’s town. It tends to either make one discouraged, or scrappy and resolute. I took that second path. It was … Continue reading
It is the endbeginning. That moment marking the transition between worlds. On one side a kaleidoscope of memories. On the other–dreams yet to be. I am the same on both sides, I tell myself. But I am not. On the … Continue reading
Thoughts on the “Life of Pi” The author announces in the early pages of the novel, through one of his characters, that those who hear his story would “find God.” It is quite a promise. My interest was peaked. I … Continue reading