This is a repost from 2009. The 2020 world during a pandemic and in this particular spasm of hatefulness and inhumanity in the US, starting from the top, is unprecedented in my 75 years. Yes, it has always been there … Read the rest
Lover of Trains
I had watched him watching for the train standing on the yellow line.
When it finally came, he ran to his mother, arms waving, “The train is coming. The train is coming.”
When the train left the station, his mother … Read the rest
Favorite Things
Yesterday, I had an idea for my five grand nieces and nephew. I asked them to pick out their favorite “thing” and photographed them holding it. Years from now, I told them, when they have their own families, they can … Read the rest