Category Archives: Stirring World Events
All In All
I was home for Easter last week; I’ve got a valid excuse for not writing. Celebrating the Risen Lord can certainly take the stuffing out of you. Instead of attending Mass on Easter morning, my family and I went to the Easter Vigil … Continue reading
Filed under Kay Ryan, Math and Science: General, My Parents, My Roommate, Poetry, Stirring World Events
An Ear-and-Eye Full
Well, THANK GOD. *** I have learned that the tears which we produce due to strong emotions are comprised of different chemical compounds* than the tears which are produced when–say–we smell an onion, or wander into a sandstorm in the middle of … Continue reading
The Passage of Time
My mother sent myself and some brothers and sisters a few pictures from home two weeks ago, e-mail-ily. She wrote: “For those who haven’t seen the house this fall. These are both from the back deck…Today most of the leaves are biting the … Continue reading
Filed under Brothers and Sisters, My Parents, Phebe Davidson, Poetry, Stirring World Events
In Which I Discover That There Is A Great Big World Out There
I spent this past weekend in Milwaukee. I had forgotten–or perhaps I never knew this, and am pretending to myself that I had internalized this knowledge, somewhere along the line, as a scientist does–that autumnal leaf color alters on a sort of “north … Continue reading
Filed under Math and Science: General, Mia Nussbaum, Poetry, Stirring World Events
Dearest
What? I can’t call you “dearest”? Dearest dearest dearest. *** Finally saw “Star Trek” on Saturday. The sequence of events which opens the movie…I mean… u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-blee-blee-blee-blee I glanced over at Bridgid, somewhere in there; we were both in tears. I … Continue reading
I’m Taxed, And I Mean That Literally And Figuratively
I just got done filing my taxes; pardon me while I bury my heart in yonder godforsaken patch of stony earth, where nothing will ever grow again. [Too much?] To quote “Raising Arizona”: “Gov’ment sure do take a bite, don’t she?” I would say … Continue reading
Filed under Lisa Williams, Poetry, Stirring World Events
Brimful
E-mail from my mother: “Our Dunkin Donuts is now open. Dad and I were the 4th and 5th customers, garnering a free copy of the Daily Journal and 2 DD coffee mugs. I think that is embarrassing, but your dad … Continue reading
Filed under Dan Bellm, My Parents, Poetry, Stirring World Events
Landings
Let’s talk about… oh-I-don’t-know the US Airways Airbus A320 Hudson River water-landing aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! There are many, many things to marvel at–not least among them the name of the pilot, Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger III [Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa] –but better, even, much, … Continue reading
Filed under Matthew Dickman, My Parents, Poetry, Stirring World Events
Particle Accelerators, Et Cetera
This was one rainy weekend, here in the greater Chicagoland area. Rain, rain, rain; more rain; rain clattering on the outside of one’s kitchen window air-conditioning unit, with the sound of an entire World War II artillery unit! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I did battle with … Continue reading
Filed under Anne Stevenson, Poetry, Stirring World Events
Democracy! Democracy!
This past Sunday, August 31, was the one-year anniversary of my friend Aimee’s crazy-o-crazy bike accident. A traffic aide incorrectly guided her through a downtown intersection, where she was duly hit by a cab [the windshield of which was smashed by her helmet … Continue reading
Filed under Anne Sexton, Poetry, Stirring World Events
