Processing solitary ordeals is its own skill set. Continue reading Relative

I was taken aback this past week, pulling up to one of the most dilapidated and blighted intersections in downtown Baltimore, to catch a glimpse of what I believe to have been a Great Blue Heron soaring majestically along a local river. Continue reading Looking Up

While I realize the matter’s gotten some attention, I feel revelations this past week that two television news networks seemingly diametrically opposed ideologically are funded by the same corporation is notable. Gaudí spoke famously of the relationship between originality and origins; and it is worth revisiting the idea. Continue reading What You Can Do

Visiting New York’s national 9/11 memorial this past week, finally, I was awe-struck by how articulately its footprint chasms, and the waterfalls that surround them, seemed to pose deep questions about the meaning and destiny of tears. Continue reading The Question

In his farewell address, Ronald Reagan said “watch closely, and don’t be afraid to see what you see.” Continue reading The View (Edited)

Do I have time to grab my bag? Do I have time to grab my bag, I wondered urgently at the Capitol complex, a moment after being alerted, wrongly, that we had just been bombed blocks away. It was no time to think about homework, but I grabbed my backpack and ran. Continue reading That Day

Total and borderless unity across sectors in our country would require more evolved, more just, and more trustworthy actors; and, while I do believe we are, in general, becoming more virtuous as a population, it is arguable that a rush toward borderless cooperation between the financial, media, and even government sectors could open the door to corruption. Continue reading Origins

It thundered hard tonight. Because I wanted to see the lightning but had been studying I decided to read by flashlight and was immediately taken back to your gift. Continue reading Heaven

I think there may be more to the bread. Continue reading All the Time

Sometimes something just needs to be said. Continue reading Two Trees (Satire)