Category Archives: lotus eaters

about people who are not facing the here and now, but have to be there and then on cell phones and ipods

simple

You can trust a child to see with the clarity of an ant this crumb be food to scream at dinner and throw beet juice at a white suit when the universe is misaligned Oh, that children could vote.

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tires

We were standing under my dripping car He shook his consternation won’t last long he said increasing my shaken consternation tread’s almost a gonner he said see here? he said I looked with consternation and no comprehension but wisely as … Continue reading

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cluster

A cluster of grandchildren three boys aged one to six has descended upon our house with attendant parents and thickets of pencils crayons, stitched and cast little toys paper, musical instruments diversions, digressions and questions One we can understand and … Continue reading

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