Footnotes and foot soldiers
Humility would be a much more appealing virtue if, having developed it, you were allowed to enjoy people praising you for the achievement. Unless you were…
Lost on a Greyhound bus
Sometimes my blog is wonderings, sometimes it’s wanderings. This is one of the latter, more of a meander than a meditation, prompted by a soulful version…
The misery of the modern-day Oliver (and Olivia) Twists
They are among the six most famous words of childhood. “Please sir, I want some more.” Angel-faced, tousle-haired, the young boy holds out his bowl in…
The smudge and my smugometer
If it hasn’t all been left on my pillow, I will wake up this morning with a gray smudge in the middle of my forehead: the…
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