CONVERSATIONS REAL & IMAGINED: VETERANS IN THE FAMILY
“Yeah, when I was eight I saw my Grandpa burn a flag. In an old trash can he had, but in the heat of summer. Boy did he sweat. This was 1976, the Bicentennial year, and the flag was older … Continue...
View ArticleCURSE, BLESS ME NOW WITH YOUR FIERCE TEARS, I PRAY
And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage, against the dying of the light. –Dylan Thomas, “Do...
View ArticleTHE NEUROTIC TIGER
The Detroit Tigers narrowly missed being no-hit by the lowly Oakland A’s today and, as of this writing, lead 1-0 on an Austin Jackson home run. Had they been mowed down without a single hit, it would...
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