My sister married a Beatle. Perhaps you know a Beatle too?
Dec 292010
Dec 242010
A Buddhist’s Christmas Present
Dec 092010
Courage in the face of restoring one’s eyesight
Dec 032010
When your hero dies, it’s as if the very shape of the earth has now changed. Ripples of heavy heart pain stab your soul, you walk down the street and you stumble for no reason, and the timing of the seasons goes awry. Spring could be a little late this year. My hero, a man […]
Dec 022010
Sarah Palin appearance as reviewed by Buddy Holly
Nov 292010
Connecting the Afghan war to a Chicago restaurant
Nov 242010
He was at the end of the silver counter huddled over his coffee cup, still in his painter’s whites, his cap pushed back on his head. Sleet storm wind blew wet down Irving Park Road and would have shivered the world if she hadn’t been there making her rounds with her coffee pot and her […]
Nov 232010
A Chicago teacher meets a hero.
Nov 172010
Welfare for rich people.
Nov 112010
Stumbling south along a scratchy concrete sidewalk he can feel through his shoes, he passes the Lakeview Pantry storefront on Broadway in Chicago and tries to remember their distribution day but gets confused because the sky, so achingly blue and wide feels just like Afghanistan. Across the street next to the big hotel that used […]