Year: 2002
One of the few things you’re going to see me say about Israel/Palestine
Posted on July 18, 2002 in Peace
This has never been one of my favorite subjects.
Changes on A Fossil Dune
Posted on July 17, 2002 in Neighborhood
Australian aborigines soak the features of the earth they walk upon in their mythology. Even rough badlands — dried splashes of mud — receive histories from the old men who remember the wisdom of the tribe.
Crazy Tracy Again
Posted on July 17, 2002 in Depression
Drugs aren’t the answer to the depression. They are the floor that you put down so that you won’t be getting sucked up in the mud while you address the life issues that are getting you down.
Chlorine in the Falls
Posted on July 16, 2002 in Neighborhood
I sigh and think of the gold fish that could be there instead of the stink of anti-bacterial paranoia.
Of Printer’s Devils and Needlework
Posted on July 15, 2002 in Adolescence Ancestors
My grandmother was a talented artist with the needle and thread. She knew how to create eye-deceiving dappling that made her works seem alive.
White Buckwheat
Posted on July 15, 2002 in Plants Reflections
I look outside at the sharp sandstone ridges and half domes and I feel like them — half-clothed with “soft chaparral” like buckwheat that cracks when you pick a piece and explodes when you set a spark to it.
Thoughts on the Beast
Posted on July 15, 2002 in Crosstalk Depression
I remember one morning when I sat up in my bed and woke up my wife. “Lynn,” I said to the Empress. “I’m sick.”
Is Saint Rasputin Next?
Posted on July 15, 2002 in Myths & Mysticism Scoundrels
Nicolas III…does not inspire [supporters of his canonization] to tell the truth, which is one of the highest forms of Good. This should be reason enough to reject for all time any claims on his sainthood.
Invisible Rhinos at the Zoo
Posted on July 14, 2002 in Zoos
Rowan was certain that there was a “mama” in every cage, that there were no polygamists among the beasts, and that all the baby animals had young sisters and brothers.
Five things you wouldn’t know about me from reading my blog
Posted on July 14, 2002 in Appearance Reflections
You’ll just have to look!
