Monthly Archives: April 2025

…talking to the old man sitting on his bench in the park. His black-felt-fedora covering his yarmulke. His threadbare-black-cardigan-vest, all four buttons buttoned, even summers heat. He feeds his pigeons and squirrels every day. Says “Hello!” or “Greetings!” to everyone … Continue reading →

….I’ve never seen before, never met, yet. I think we might become friends but for the wide avenue I’ve grown too old and fearful to cross. There’re no traffic lights! No cross walks! The cars are like hungry lions chasing … Continue reading →

Is it enough to say, “…and Something came out of the tomb”? Is it enough to have a faith in that “Something”? There are multiple possibilities, each enough to hold tightly too. A god rolling a stone away. The teachings … Continue reading →

No! Not an angry prophet, holy fire in his eyes, whipping money changers from the temple. Nor a gentle teacher sermonizing the multitude on The Mount. Not a torn and bleeding itinerant hanging from a cross. No! Not even an … Continue reading →

During Truman’s time, the two were neighbors in their cribs. Later, they danced together, topless at twenty, on the muddy fields of Woodstock. One married once and stayed that way. The other…well, she had three. They and their children and … Continue reading →

A sonnet from Saint Pauls letter to the Hebrews. ( Redacted by the early church fathers in 305 CE, when their debate over priestly celibacy was brought to its conclusion). The sonnet was found to be heretical and therefore could … Continue reading →

You’ve seen it! On all the hospital shows when the patients die and the Doctor lifts his stethoscope and says, “Write it down… Patient expired…” and the nurse records the time to the last second and the family comes in … Continue reading →

We are a network of neighborhoods of souls, connected since The Bang, (or Genesis). And that crotchety old man stumbling small steps on the sidewalk isn’t talking to himself. He’s not mumbling mush in his mind, though it might sound … Continue reading →