Category Archives: My Writing – Various Topics

Choosing the Book (A small ode to literature)

Choosing the book is the hardest part.  And so pleasurable.  You walk in and see the stack.  You approach it slowly, with anticipation, knowing there is something there – maybe several somethings – that you want or that you actually

Choosing the Book (A small ode to literature)

Choosing the book is the hardest part.  And so pleasurable.  You walk in and see the stack.  You approach it slowly, with anticipation, knowing there is something there – maybe several somethings – that you want or that you actually

In the Apartment

IN THE APARTMENT (Nov. 2007)   She could not decide whether to stay or to go.  Every which way she looked there was a possibility fraught with danger and insecurity… or happiness and tranquility.  She desperately tried to divine the

In the Apartment

IN THE APARTMENT (Nov. 2007)   She could not decide whether to stay or to go.  Every which way she looked there was a possibility fraught with danger and insecurity… or happiness and tranquility.  She desperately tried to divine the

Missing Her (Written 11-19-11)

Sometimes I miss my mother so much that I can’t hold back the tears.  Just a little while ago, I went for a walk in my neighborhood and, without realizing it, I was crossing toward the building where she last

Missing Her (Written 11-19-11)

Sometimes I miss my mother so much that I can’t hold back the tears.  Just a little while ago, I went for a walk in my neighborhood and, without realizing it, I was crossing toward the building where she last