Author Archives: M.

The Daily News

Posted on 16 December 2017 by M.

It’s the news.  It’s always the news.  Every day.  Every night.  Every week.  All. Year. Long.  There’s a very real danger that if I pay attention to everything – every new scandal or revelation or exposé involving the incompetent cabal … Continue reading →

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Baseball with Harold

Posted on 10 June 2017 by M.

I’m sitting at a bar, having dinner, and a baseball game is on the TV above the bar.  San Francisco versus the Mets, I think.  This recalls for me that baseball was one of the ways (perhaps the only way) … Continue reading →

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How to Laugh in Chinese

Posted on 1 June 2017 by M.

  There are a number of different ways of laughing in English:  chuckle, snicker, guffaw, chortle, grin, and plain old laugh, among others.  It’s much the same in other languages. In Chinese, for example, you can laugh Hā Hā (哈哈); … Continue reading →

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Fifty Words on Easter Morning

Posted on 16 April 2017 by M.

Dying eggs                                                                             … Continue reading →

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Saying Goodbye

Posted on 2 April 2017 by M.

  I’ve said goodbye a lot in my life.  To people.  To things.  To houses and places.  Some I’ve been sorry to leave; others, not.  Some left me.  It’s all goodbying, though, whether you open the door or someone else … Continue reading →

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Pity the Fool …

Posted on 1 December 2016 by M.

The shock is beginning to wear off now.  At least until the next newspaper or internet or television piece that I see or read.  Then it comes back again, dulled somewhat by resignation, but it’s there nonetheless.  Talking about it … Continue reading →

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Four Mothers

Posted on 7 May 2016 by M.

  Here’s to all the mothers in my life: To Ruth, without whom I would have no life, nor love of words and books, I suspect. To Dorothy, who gave me opportunities and aggravation, though not in equal measure. To … Continue reading →

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Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation

Posted on 5 May 2016 by M.

A lot of abuse is being heaped upon the heads of Baby Boomers these days.  If most of the abuse-heapers were Republicans, then perhaps I could write it off as coming from people who will need a new reason for … Continue reading →

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Hooked

Posted on 28 April 2016 by M.

The war will never leave me.  I suppose I should’ve realized this sooner, but the burden of war has a cumulative effect.  It slowly reasserts itself as the years go by, when it becomes safer to think about it. Or … Continue reading →

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Try and Catch the Wind

Posted on 19 April 2016 by M.

  Trying to connect with her was like trying to lasso the wind, and like the wind, she was there, but not there.  Sometimes what we felt with and for each other was gale force.  Other times, there was barely … Continue reading →

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