Sweetness

November 2, 1999  Tuesday As Collinsville, Tom and I were having the Greek discussion of the last entry (“Why I Write This Thing 2”), a story broke on the TV that Walter Payton had died at noon.  It’s one of those moments you can’t describe.  Walter had been ill since at least last February when…

A Letter to Kurt Vonnegut, Never Received, on Account of His Death

written and sent March 30, 2007 Dear Mr. Vonnegut, I will not take much of your time, as we understand there is not much time left to be taken. I want to thank you for being a voice to me since I first encountered your works a few years ago.  You see, I discovered a…

Shell Games

written February 2015   Shell Games Not many know this: Bonnie Prince Charlie’s heart, the slippery, pulsing piece of warm meat that propelled its perfumed, armored outer shell into leading the famous Scottish insurrection, now resides in a cathedral in Frascati, Italy. It happens to be in Italy and not Scotland because in 1746 the…