Air and Water

The weather finally turned this weekend; turned back into the brick-baking hot I want and need. Two weeks in the seventies–sixties overnight–was putting dark, sorrowful circles under my eyes. I’m not truly happy, in the summer, unless I’m looking at even odds on self-combustion; unless I’m experiencing heat-related heart palpitations sixty seconds after exiting a [...]

The China.

This week’s blog–like it, love it, leave it or not–is going to be about China/the Olympics/China/the Olympics. My friends know that I am nervous about this blog, but I need to write it.
China’s human rights situation–and my inside-hurt regarding China’s human rights situation, and how it makes me want to punch through drywall–has simmered away in my mind, [...]