Seasons in the Sun
“We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun. . . . .” The entrance to Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, final resting place of Rod McKuen. Gone one year today....
Monthly Archive: January 2016
In the News
A cow escapes from a slaughterhouse in Queens, New York. “Cow on the run,” report the people to the authorities. Officers arrive on the scene. They manage to corner and corral the wayward cow,...
The Book Barn
The Book Barn is bigger than it looks and harder to find. It’s out there in what were once pastures and cornfields but today are the wild wooly wags. What lies beyond that can...
Red Apple Rest
Red Apple Rest was a famous highway stop along Route 17 in Tuxedo, New York. The cafeteria-style eatery opened in 1931 and for decades did a booming business. Several generations of vacationers regarded this...
The Ceiling of Heaven
Last night was the coldest of winter so far. This morning, a waning crescent of moon in the pre-dawn sky. Venus and Saturn too. The sky was the color of an indigo bunting. I...
How Long?
Here is an unfamiliar name, inscribed upon stone. Words below: “Gone but not forgotten.” The name: to read, to utter, to wait. Something then exhumed. Not the one to whom it belonged. Someone else....