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Intro to Quarto of the Moon and the Calamity of 2020

The writing of Quarto of the Moon and the Calamity of 2020 began in the spring of 2020 when I heard the History Center in Woodstock,...

Quarto of The Moon and the Calamity of 2020, New Moon, Spring

It’s day one of spring hatching on our magic pond and she’s oozing water above a depth of ice. They say you can ski across her cracked...

Quarto of the Moon and the Calamity of 2020, Waxing Crescent, Summer

I think of these intrepids as I lay awake under a crescent moon, calm, confident of a disease-free, sneeze-free winter.

Quarto of The Moon and the Calamity of 2020, First Quarter, Fall

Silence here at our Moon, head down, hood up, we savor the hush when partisan winds roar in the zodiac.

Quarto of The Moon and the Calamity of 2020, Waxing Gibbous, Winter

Winter is icumen in, indeedy and our coal-black cat creeps to the fringe of the forest night, tasting the air. This winter smacks of...

Let's Call It Off!

Josh agrees it’s a land of polarities with hidden pockets of intellect, bawdy humor, beauty, and beastliness. It’s always been on edge and

Water Fish

The atmosphere in this pressure-cooker scullery not only simmers, it intensifies to a boil, and notably Sing during one routine summer-lunch

Romeo and Reuben

Our eyes lightly trip one another...and we decide on personal dramas of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. It’s the Sixties after all.

Siga, agape mou!

With sudden realization, he dashes to close the open window, sputtering deep belly-laughs through his tight smile while he exhales clouds of

Sinclair Sings

That’s when Zeus makes his ancient opinion quite clear, throws a lightning bolt from the cloudless sky, jolting our heady conversation

Reflections on Memory

Pathetic and real and eternal, it seems intrinsically necessary to remember—and to communicate before it is too late.

In the Shadow of the Acropolis

just married a few months before, now on this extended journey one might call a honeymoon, except we did not know if we were ever going back

Love is

Love doesn’t come knocking on your door. It doesn’t come in the mail. Love carefully and quietly seduces your mind, body, and soul. It may

Let's Dance! For Better or For Worse.

...and watching other couples cook together we discover that if you really want to understand a couple's relationship, just watch them....

Autobiography of Half a Memory

It may be conscious or unconscious, half real, half dramatized, and for each of us, each day is the choice to drink our life half-full or ha

Introduction to the Ricotta Diaries

The Ricotta Diaries is about life in our sensual food-related world. It is music in the background, coming forward in your fast think,...

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