Walking alone: Conclusion
Frank Cipriani’s house was what’s called Santa Fe style, a cross between 21st century Beverly...
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Tag: mountain musing
Next to Normal: an emotional wallop
Whomp! The audience gasps. Slam! the audience laughs. Smash! The audience is on the verge of...
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Where the train no longer stops
At noon the main street is so silent and empty that my wife and I walk down its center and chat...
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Sampling the future on stage
Trying to stage a play in 10 minutes seems to me much like trying to pour a fifth of wine into a...
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Exploring wonderland
When I was driving across the red rock and canyon desert of central Utah last month, a stunning...
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Wrong Twin, part 2
It’s been a month now and my husband Julian’s twin brother Jules is still staying with us. My...
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Wrong Twin, Part 1
Jules and Julian were born seven minutes apart and had the same mother and father, but they were...
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Walking the Sandias
Any good hiking guide must answer two questions: why go and and how to go. All the rest—maps,...
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Thoughts of a wood splitter
On a recent morning I picked up the heavier, the more serious of my two axes, strode over to the...
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When fools fall in love
The three-word title tells you most of what you need to know about Sam Shepard’s brief, tightly...
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When meteors fall
All evidence suggests that America today is not a happy place, with every poll showing a strong...
Read MoreRural versus urban
Today, April 5, is the deadline for the governor to act on the unusually massive 310 bills the 2019 Legislature passed. Nearly all will become law since the governor’s veto pen is not getting much of a workout. However, in the...
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The printer
Once upon a time a publisher—let’s call him Charlie—and an editor—let’s call him Wally—put out a...
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The Writing Group
“I’m new to this writing group, so please forgive me if I don’t do things correctly.” “Have you...
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Using sex (or its absence) to end a war
Last year, singer Janelle Monáe told the magazine Marie Claire, “Until every man is fighting for...
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Africa journey 4: Ethiopia—a country of stones
Ethiopia is a country of stones, ancient and modern. The Bale Mountains in the south and the...
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Africa journey 5: Ethiopia, like no other place on Earth
Though now a democratic republic, Ethiopia still has some of the earmarks of its centuries as an...
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Africa journey 3: Madagascar—an island under threat
It’s easy to feel that a journey on the island of Madagascar is a kind of time travel, in which...
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Africa journey II: Madagascar—It’s a mad place
When Madagascar Airline first started up, it called itself Air Mad—until it got sick of all the...
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African Journey 1: The Africa Bug
While taking off from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport on Ethiopia Airlines, I noticed a lot of water...
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