Skip to content →

Category: Uncategorized

Zen, age, and welding

Stella, I’ve been thinking about your worry over aging. First, you are incredibly beautiful. I think, underneath, you know that. You tend to overcompensate–the marathon running, the constant workouts, and the weight lifting. But that’s a neurosis that will lead to heart health and mental well-being. So, you’re dong fine.…

Leave a Comment

Trying to poke a hole in the dam

Joe, Herein lies the rub. I am not of a “kind,” nor do I think my way superior. That one side is so willing to demean the other bugs me. After all, at the Second Continental Congress, there was vigorous debate between those who would become anti-federalists and federalists over…

Leave a Comment

The student failing to understand herself

Hilda, I’ve been through the wringer myself. All understanding from me. Please do not feel self-conscious or out of step. In fact, you can always make a time to work through class things with me. We can get you through my class, but you will have to make the effort…

Leave a Comment

The forces of reaction…

Dear Joe, Hmmm…education, history… I don’t know about that. The E-mail you forwarded about how Obama will destroy the nation in Hitlerian fashion sounds pretty selective and hysterical to me, not to mention distrustful of democracy and our systems of government, politics, and social production, which may not be all…

Leave a Comment

From writer to writer

Eddy, I hope this note finds you well. I was reading some Mississippi Solo last night and thought that if I found a moment today, I’d throw a few words your way. It’s been a long day here at the computer. But it’s emblematic of my semester, which has been…

Leave a Comment