Lately I have been hearing a lot of talk about people reassessing their lives. Juliette Lewis put it succinctly. “Only recently, I was like, life-work balance? That’s an amazing concept.  I didn’t even know there was a name for … Continue reading →

Jeremy approaches Dave Miller’s office.  They’ve known each other since the fourth grade. Their relationship has been up and down since then, but during the last several years, being in the same graduate program has turned them into pals.  Both … Continue reading →

Chapter 1 October 1968 The University of Buffalo. Majestic elms line the wide pathways crisscrossing the campus.   Autumn reds, yellows, muted orange set the trees off against the blue sky.  The wind is whipping up, swirling leaves with each gust.  … Continue reading →

Chapter 21 Ira and Evelyn’s Marriage    While Jeremy had assumed that buying CC the wonderful ring and sharing the room over Niagara Falls earned him serious lovemaking, CC is not there at all.  She wants to talk. That’s it. … Continue reading →

  Chapter 27 Mark and CC Go at It In her room at home, CC calls Mark. “What’s up?” she asks, readying herself for whatever tsaurus Mark will hit her with. “It’s insane here. I’ve had it with everyone, with … Continue reading →

The biggest mistake an analyst can make is to overestimate the importance of reason in their analysis of why people do crazy things, or have crazy thoughts .  Certainly reason plays a part, sometimes an important part.  But fear is … Continue reading →

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Much has been made of the left’s attempt to shut down those who disagree with them. It is widespread enough to remind us of a similar recent frightening chapter in America’s  intellectual history, the McCarthyism of the 50’s. The right wing … Continue reading →

During the Covid crisis experts have been quoted again and again and again as a central part of the discussion. Their advice and predictions have often been inconsistent or wrong but that has not stopped them from being an essential … Continue reading →

I am 78 and still unknown as a writer, but as ridiculous as it may sound, I am patient. Here and there I have had my moments, glimpses of where I might go, but they have been ephemeral, a tease. … Continue reading →