Ionian Song
Just because we have broken their statues,just because we have driven them out of their temples,the gods did not die because of this at all.O Ionian land, it is you they still love,it is you their...
View ArticleLawrence King, 15
It’s a commonplace in contemporary reporting: when it comes to matters of sexual orientation, American teenagers are more liberal than their seniors. We’ve all seen countless articles that prophecy...
View ArticleA Memory
One late October, just before Halloween, I remember my father raking leaves. It was early evening, the sky was overcast and the air was absolutely still, not a puff of wind, dry twigs cracked and split...
View ArticleLatchmaker, 1850's
Circa 1850s occupational portrait of a latchmaker, photographer unknown. One of 25 occupational portraits in the Library of Congress daguerreotype collection. Image culled from Shorpy, a photo blog.
View ArticleDisenfranchised Grief
My brother has Borderline Personality Disorder. People with BPD create chaos, whirlwinds of rage and distress that cannot be stemmed, only withstood. Helplessly, over decades, I've watched him consume...
View ArticleSome People Are Ducks
When I was a teenager in Donegal back in the 1980's my father decided, the way you do, that it would be fun to keep some ducks. We certainly had the land for it, and he had - he decided - the right...
View ArticleDays
What are days for?Days are where we live.They come, they wake usTime and time over.They are to be happy in:Where can we live but days?Ah, solving that questionBrings the priest and the doctorIn their...
View ArticleThe Empty House Of The Stare
Yesterday was a long but quite satisfying day. After work I grabbed a quick coffee and hopped on the W train around 28th Street. It was after eight so there were quite a few seats. Three young men got...
View ArticleThe Fire Next Time
"I do not mean to be sentimental about suffering--enough is certainly as good as a feast--but people who cannot suffer can never grow up, can never discover who they are. That man who is forced each...
View ArticleGENDER ANALYZER
We guess fastlad.blogspot.com is written by a woman (56%), however it's quite gender neutral. Try to guess the gender of the person writing your own blog: GENDERANALYZER
View ArticleJesus As Revenge
Last week I got into a cab on Long Island (you had to wait in line at the stand). My driver wore dark glasses; moments earlier I overheard him telling another driver that his kids had been "taken" from...
View ArticleFall For Dance
Members of the Paul Taylor Dance Company in "Offenbach Overtures," which continues through Oct. 3 at New York City Center, 131 West 55th Street, Manhattan; (212) 581-1212; nycitycenter.org.
View ArticleBlink
I went to see Avatar with my partner the other day and I was reminded why seeing movies in American theaters is becoming an increasing challenge.Oh certainly the rudeness, the noise, the entitlement,...
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