Category: Fiction
Do You Exist? Vexed Voters Are Finding Out
When Ethel Muggeridge showed up at her local polling site in the small town of Gerrymander, Texas, today to vote in the midterms she was ignored. Ethel no longer exists. She was de-registered owing to […]
Does the Pope Sh#t in the Woods?
I love this f@#%in’ Pope! He’s so real. For a representative of the deity, he is so human. He’s taken down the frosty façade of Catholicism to mingle with the common folk. He’s lived a […]
Thoughts on High Culture: Opening Night at the Ballet
This week, as every Boston school boy knows, marks the beginning of a new season at the Boston Ballet, and the conclusion of the 50th anniversary of its founding! New dancers have joined the corps […]
The Young and the Actuarial
Another Saturday night, sitting alone, waiting for him to call. I know it’s only 1/52 of the Saturday nights in each fiscal year but still–why does he treat me this way? “You’ve been ‘neglecting our […]
Thank God For Those Non-English Languages
I’m riding into downtown when the bus pulls to the curb and two women board. One sits next to me and the other sits three seats in front of us. Suddenly the woman next to […]
A Wasp’s Life
In some African traditions, the wasp is a symbol of control over our life circumstances. Symbolic messages the wasp sends us: Are all my affairs in order? Am I aligning myself with my goals? Am […]