My mother Frances gave birth to me at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital in New York City on December 19, 1943, and brought me home to our rented house on West 11th Street in Greenwich Village. […]
My mother Frances gave birth to me at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital in New York City on December 19, 1943, and brought me home to our rented house on West 11th Street in Greenwich Village. […] Yes, I will vote this morning. I always vote — doesn’t matter if it’s a national or local election. I’d have no objection if they made voting mandatory as a basic requirement of citizenship. I’d even approve a change to that effect. So I encourage you to vote today also. […] Though by definition I can only observe the war in Ukraine from afar, I don’t think of myself as merely a spectator, nor of this as a spectator sport. Count me instead as a concerned citizen of the world — a world that the outcome of this catastrophe will affect deeply. And someone who sees democracy worldwide at stake here. […] Local Republican candidate Paul Tuzzolino claims to be “fiercely independent.” However, given his party affiliation, and his chosen party’s fealty to the twice-impeached, four-times-indicted convicted rapist, and the variety of fierce independence his Republican cohorts display, we have a right to demand that he put a finer point on his self-congratulatory assertion. […] |
Cabin Fever: Bits and Pieces (2024)
As I’ve done previously, I’ll discover/rediscover my purpose through the daily practice of my craft. Along the way I’ll find the answer to this question: What does an octogenarian writer have to say? […]