Author Archives: M.

Saint Patrick’s Day Blessings to You.

Posted on 17 March 2024 by M.

Adoption Day is today.  My adoption, that is, which became official 76 years ago today. We – society, I mean – have a rather fixed idea about families.  Some people’s ideas are more fixed than others.  Non-inclusive, you might say.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Adoption, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Caroline Eltrich

Posted on 6 November 2019 by M.

Dear Sweet Caroline: Why did you leave us so soon?  You have flown away beyond the sun, scattering your joy and beauty and love among the stars, whence they will shower down upon us, like flower petals on a warm … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Seeking Optimism on a Beautiful Cloudless Autumn Morning

Posted on 14 December 2018 by M.

  It was a beautiful autumn morning – cloudless, warm for the season, the clear sky broken only by the flight of ravens, black against the blue – when he realized he might have only another thirty years to live. … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

11~11~18

Posted on 11 November 2018 by M.

  Armistice Day.  One hundred years ago today, The Great War, The War to End All Wars, came to its cataclysmic end.  Fifty years ago today, I was in the Army at Ft. Bliss, Texas, suffering through Basic Training.  My … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Viet Nam War | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Wednesday Morning in Colorado

Posted on 7 November 2018 by M.

It seems our beautiful Colorado blue sky has a wider significance than just climatic.  Yesterday, we elected the first (openly) gay governor in the country.  He appears to have won the confidence of a majority of Coloradans, because he will … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Tuesday Morning in Colorado

Posted on 6 November 2018 by M.

It’s difficult to believe, as I sit here at my table with a cup of coffee, looking out the window at a beautiful Colorado autumn morning, that the fate of our country so completely depends upon what happens today.  Millions … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

22 October 1968

Posted on 22 October 2018 by M.

Fifty years ago today, also a Monday, at the age of twenty-one, amid a deeply unpopular war, in a decision created out of a haze of depression, patriotism, and a deep yearning to free myself from the distrustful control of … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized, Viet Nam War | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

#Who’sNext

Posted on 12 October 2018 by M.

#MeToo It began with women who spoke up and said, “Me too.  I too am a victim of sexual assault.  I too have been raped, and never said anything about it.”  But there’s no reason why #MeToo should exclude men … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Variations on a Theme by Mussolini

Posted on 11 October 2018 by M.

Movement One   (Mosso) Evening.  Ringing of church bells, distant anguished voices; all muted. Three women are gathered around a fire in the countryside.  Unsettled, they look nervously around from time to time. Woman One (stands up):  Victory will be ours tonight.  I … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

How to Stop the President and Save the Republic

Posted on 25 July 2018 by M.

  (1)  Violence:  Dear FBI, Secret Service, and FaceBook Minders:  I know that violence against the president is completely illegal and dangerous, and it is not something I or anyone else I know or support have in the past, are now, … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment