Hard not to thrill over peonies opening in the June garden, fluffy heads crowding the stems as if dying to bloom again, and they might, though not this year. Days after the first buds appeared, the ants showed up, a small horde,...
Having recently turned 79, and as a survivor of 11 surgeries (including two kidney transplants, a brace of knee replacements, a cardiac bypass, and a spinal fusion procedure), this seems a propitious time to reflect on the...
Mona stood behind the linoleum-covered counter cutting the strawberry rhubarb pie into eight perfect wedges that reminded her of moist linen. It was yesterday’s pie and just beginning to shift its color from tired dusty rose to...
Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have
– James Baldwin
