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April 06, 2021

Yelena stared at the wall and nurtured her rage. Om Shanti, Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti, Shanti, Om... fifteen minutes every day. She refused to cut her hair, but clipped her nails to the quick. She was ordered to the shower... Read more →

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The Bullet Proof Baby: Ch. 16 - Hunter Station

March 15, 2021

So I can get a Chappaqua station pass? AILISH ELIZABETH MCCARTHY! Right. So you'll pick me up? In what world? The late train? Maybe. **** I'm going to Hunter in the fall. They let me in. Any particular reason they... Read more →

Posted at 09:06 AM in Bullet Proof Baby, Civil Rights, Commitment, Communication, Community, Compassion, Elizabeth, Food Insecurity, Human Rights, Humanity, Isolation, Legacy, Mar2021, Politics, Population, Rage, Relationship, Risk, Shame and Guilt | | Comments (4)

The Bullet Proof Baby: Ch. 11 - In the Middle of the Ocean

March 08, 2021

Well before I married Elizabeth's father we talked about children. In those early conversations we didn't talk about financial weight so much as the emotional and support commitments; those nebulous things that go well past shelter, clothing, and food. To... Read more →

Posted at 01:55 PM in Bullet Proof Baby, Commitment, Communication, Compassion, Controversial, Elizabeth, Family, Fear, Grief, Home, Humanity, Isolation, Love, Mar2021, Mental Health, Parenting, Relationship, Risk, Ritual, Shame and Guilt, The Clue Bus, Women, Work | | Comments (0)

The Bullet Proof Baby: Ch. 10 - The Tiger Mom Agreement

March 07, 2021

Me and Elizabeth on the school bus rock. Just a metaphor, really, because we're still on that rock. Rocks change and people change but you can decide to stay on the rock together. **** My contract with GE came to... Read more →

Posted at 02:10 PM in Bullet Proof Baby, Commitment, Communication, Community, Controversial, Elizabeth, Family, Fear, Grief, Home, incendiary, Legacy, Lizard Brain, Love, Mar2021, Parenting, Relationship, Risk, Shame and Guilt, Travel, Women, Work | | Comments (0)

A penny for your love

February 22, 2021

This story has been told, but the truth about stories is they're never told the same way twice. It's August, 2015 and Elizabeth is dancing with FAB at DANY Studios down on 38th, somewhere between 8th and 9th. She didn't... Read more →

Posted at 04:08 PM in Boundaries, Communication, Community, Compassion, Elizabeth, Feb2021, Get out of my way, Goodness, Humanity, Humility, Isolation, Life and Times, Love, Peace, Relationship, Risk | | Comments (0)

"Who else is going to bring you a broken arrow?"

February 06, 2021

Writer's prompts are magical. There is a section in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance in which the protagonist is remembering a moment with a college student struggling to write well. I won't get into the philosophical discussion of... Read more →

Posted at 11:04 AM in Commitment, Communication, Community, Controversial, Current Affairs, Enlightenment, Fear, Feb2021, Goodness, Grief, Healing, History, Home, Humanity, Humility, Light, Love, Peace, Play to win, Politics, Population, Relationship, Risk | | Comments (0)

The Price of Silence

January 20, 2021

From the ACT UP funeral march carrying the body of Mark L. Fisher from Judson Memorial Church up Sixth Avenue to the Republican National Committee headquarters on the eve of the presidential election, 1992. Stephen Barker Where were you in... Read more →

Posted at 04:45 PM in Communication, Community, Controversial, COVID-19, Current Affairs, Death, Fear, Grief, Healing, History, Human Rights, Humanity, Humility, incendiary, Isolation, Jan2021, LBGTQA++, Legacy, Life, Lizard Brain, Love, Mental Health, Patient Rights, Personal Shit, Politics, Population, Rage, Risk, Science, Whitewashing | | Comments (0)

Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming

October 23, 2020

I was only expecting steam from the fissures; not a full scale eruption. I think, maybe many of us think, if we look at a thing often enough, eventually we soften the impact. I don't think we do; I think... Read more →

Posted at 03:19 PM in Anarchy, Civil Rights, Communication, Community, Controversial, Current Affairs, Death, Edit, Fear, Grief, History, Human Rights, Humanity, incendiary, JimCrow, Legacy, Life, Lizard Brain, Oct2020, Play to win, Politics, Rage, Risk, Shame and Guilt, TopHits, WTH | | Comments (0)

I loved you yesterday

September 29, 2020

"I loved you yesterday And I love you just the same And none of the things you do Could tear us apart I loved you yesterday And I love you just the same When I gave myself to you You... Read more →

Posted at 10:28 AM in Anarchy, Boundaries, Civil Rights, Communication, Community, Controversial, Edit, Fear, Grief, Healing, History, Human Rights, Humanity, incendiary, Isolation, LBGTQA++, Legacy, Life, Lizard Brain, Love, Mental Health, Parenting, Risk, Ritual, Sep2020 | | Comments (0)

Mrs. Ginsburg

September 19, 2020

I was coming of age, and she was coming into her own. She fought battles for me well before I knew I'd need them. She was tenured at Columbia University in 1972; just about the time I informed my parents,... Read more →

Posted at 03:36 PM in Aging, Boundaries, Civil Rights, Communication, Community, Controversial, Death, Elizabeth, F the Patriarchy, Grief, History, Humanity, Humility, incendiary, Legacy, Life, Love, Lucia, Men, Michael, Politics, Risk, Sep2020, TopHits, Women, Work | | Comments (0)

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