Cherchez La Femme!

…because she’s hard to find these days. My sister reminded me that I said, maybe 5 years ago: “We women didn’t get a very long run.” I meant it was such a short time between “I am woman!hear me roar!” and the drag Queen era, I call it “femface”: men swishing around grotesquely made up, … Continue reading Cherchez La Femme! →

Love in the Time of Colera – Redux

I know, that’s “cholera” as Gabriel Garcia Màrquez’ novel is titled in English. But as Nanda and ST will know, in Spanish thenword for the dread disease is the same as for rage as passion. it’s been years since I read it, but the part that sticks in my mind, and is brought to the … Continue reading Love in the Time of Colera – Redux →

Viral Tyranny – Redux

Freedom of assembly....We no longer have it, thanks to this new autocrat, the microscopic Mandarin, the nano-nemesis. Broadway dark. Disneyland closing.No more glorious Trump rallies. No more raucous sporting arenas. We’re all at the mercy of this invisible foe, which has effortlessly slashed our wealth overnight, taken away our heedless joy, As I have done … Continue reading Viral Tyranny – Redux →

Foster Avenue in Brooklyn is lined with small detached houses, with postage stamp lawns hard against the sidewalk, and front porches. Many of the porches are used for outside storage. But here’s what I saw. I want to remember it, and to write it is the best way of developing the picture. we passed a … Continue reading →

Words to the Wise

“In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin, but he that refraineth his lips is wise. The tongue of the just is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth.” Proverbs 10:19-20. Selah!

Journal of the Plague Week – Redux

My daughter finally arrived home from plague-stricken New England last night. We were instructed to leave a mask at the outer door, which she donned before entering from the porch as we waved, yelled and blew kisses from across the room. “Six feet! Six feet!” she chanted, like a cheerleader at a Flies vs. Spiders … Continue reading Journal of the Plague Week – Redux →

Thanks for the Memories!

I keep a handwritten journal, but its just full of minor kvetching and reminders of quotidian tasks. Dozens of notebooks now, which I intend to soon destroy. (Which may be gratuitous since my handwriting is illegible. Really. Even to me.) Reviewing some of our former posts here, about the halcyon days BC (before Covid), the … Continue reading Thanks for the Memories! →

Color-blindness Blindness – Redux

There is a laboratory in Wuhan dedicated to virology. An outbreak of a new, deadly virus began in Wuhan. The Chinese first said it had to do with an unsanitary seafood market but it seems that actually most of the first victims had no contact with the place. We heard that the illness had to … Continue reading Color-blindness Blindness – Redux →

A Moment I’m Dreading

It’s suddenly, or so it seems, becoming clear that yes, Covid was created in that Wuhan lab. It was released into Wuhan, and then, the Wuhanese were released into the world. Remember that China suspended domestic flights from Wuhan, but not international flights…🤔. All the facts were in front of us all the time, but … Continue reading A Moment I’m Dreading →

Ay Thou Poor Ghost…

..which is what I feel like! I see you but I can’t reply, Like, or talk to you on the comment thread. I place all my faith in Liz’s IT genius, maybe he he can help…but it seems WordPress is determined to expel me like a bad oyster it inadvertently swallowed. I’m back home after … Continue reading Ay Thou Poor Ghost… →