Boundaries and Space

Boundaries and Space

The devil personified always seemed to be seated on my left side when she hissed fiery, false words directly at my face multiple times last year. I could almost feel her spite, er, her spit’s splash. Each time my breath felt sucked from my chest…thank God,...
Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday

  Today would have been my dad’s 83rd birthday. I think. It’s difficult to know one’s father’s age, when one doesn’t even acknowledge one’s own… Yesterday would have been Larry’s mother’s birthday, a woman...
It’s about Time

It’s about Time

You know the holiday gift season is approaching when…your mailbox is stuffed with catalogues and the papers are filled with ads. Let me be the first to say: Merry Charge Card Season to you! Yesterday’s papers – three are delivered before dawn to our...
Not once or twice

Not once or twice

It’s said that lightning never strikes twice in the same place, but let this post be the amendment. Lightning most definitely struck and someone recorded the event on film; lightning almost struck another time, when I lost my head and agreed to ride the cable car to...
The Devil’s Advocate Post

The Devil’s Advocate Post

  In the first edition of the Daily News, this reporter has covered the Seven Deadly Sins: we’ve got Greed in the Business Section Sloth in the Leisure Section Gluttony in the Restaurant Reviews Lust in the Movie Reviews Envy in the Gossip Column Pride in...