Unseasonable

That’s the word for the weather we’ve been having in northern New York state. We haven’t cracked the mid-twenties above zero (F) & there is not a bit of snow on the ground, though some has fallen & melted since October. The lawn is green & the mosses in the woods vibrant. I heard someone [...]

There Is No God & I Hate Him

I gave a poetry reading years ago at a Catholic university in Ohio & afterward a woman came up to me & said, “You are so angry at God.” Ron Rosenbaum had an essay in the NY Observer recently in which he discusses the recent God Wars in the context of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s life-long [...]

Open Letter to Speaker Pelosi

I wrote the following op-ed last week & sent it to the New York Times. Mysteriously, the editors at the Times declined to publish my essay. And I was using my really moderate voice & everything. Anyway, since my political party now controls Congress, I thought they might like a little guidance from the grassroots. [...]

Inlandia: We Just Called it “The Valley”

Short for the “Imperial Valley,” the northernmost section of the Gulf of California cut off from the sea by the delta of the Colorado River. But I’m always on the prowl for books about Southern California away from the glitter of the coast & this one, Inlandia, looks interesting, though it appears to concern [...]

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