A Walt Whitman Poem for Christmas Day
My father, the departed and much-missed poet Dr Leonard Wolf, believed that once you write something, it no longer belongs to you. It belongs, as he taught me and his many students, not to the author, but to the universe. He also believed that even if a writer had just …
Vermont’s Cardiac Catastrophe, Part 2A: Heart Failure in Men
Oxford Dictionary: con·ges·tive heart fail·ure noun noun: congestive heart failure; plural noun: congestive heart failures a weakness of the heart that leads to a buildup of fluid in the lungs and surrounding body tissues. Mayo Clinic: Heart failure — sometimes known as congestive heart failure — occurs when the heart muscle doesn’t pump blood as …
A Walt Whitman Poem for Christmas Day
My father, the departed and much-missed poet Dr Leonard Wolf, believed that once you write something, it no longer belongs to you. It belongs, as he taught me and his many students, not to the author, but to the universe. He also believed that even if a writer had just …
Because the Darkness Runs So Deep, The Light Burns So Bright
“While Christmas is undoubtedly a time of great joy, it is also an occasion for deep reflection, even an examination of conscience.”            -Pope Benedict XVI, Financial Times, December 20, 2012, “A Time for Christians to Engage the World” “Maybe the Mayans were onto something after all. Perhaps the impending solstice …
“It’s About Dam Time”
Accountability. It’s happening at last. The 2020’s have been a whirlwind of chaos which includes political realignments and a complete overhaul of the manner in which media is produced and consumed. People responded to the chaos in different ways, and none of us have remained unchanged. When I started out …