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A pilgrimage to Algiers
This piece was recently published in French Quarter Journal. I've added some photos.
Jul 24
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The green beans aren't salted
I posted this last November. But I thought this was the right time to (re)post something upbeat about music and dancing and fellowship and joy.
Jul 17
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Happy birthday
79 today.
Jul 11
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June 2024
Prophets
We have had, and have, some great prophets. I mean prophets who have warned, cajoled, praised and cried to us about our environment. About the precious…
Jun 28
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The reluctant writer of the Upper West Side
She was about five feet four, with thick brown hair that came to just below her ears. She didn’t pay much mind to it. Her skin was pale. She had brown…
Jun 21
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China in Chicago
I’m learning Chinese. I had my first lesson last night, on the 21st floor of a downtown office building on LaSalle Street, here in Chicago. The class…
Jun 14
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The terrible infant
Arthur Rimbaud
Jun 7
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May 2024
Furnishing our Chicago apartment
We moved to Chicago a few weeks ago. We lucked into a fantastic apartment. It’s furnished, but sparsely. So we—I mean my wife, Gaywynn—set out to…
May 31
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Phil Deaver
A little over six years ago, Phil Deaver died. He was 72.
May 24
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Chicago!
We arrived yesterday evening at around 6:30, in the rain, our car packed to the brim, and over, with our dog and cat and a five-month stay ahead of us.
May 17
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Wish you were here
“Mothers are all slightly insane,” Holden Caulfield says at one point in The Catcher in the Rye. I always knew what he meant. It was never a quote that…
May 12
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My dog has fleas. So do I.
We returned from France late last night, jetlagged and tired. The pets were not there. They were being taken care of somewhere else while we were away…
May 10
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