Category Archives: Commentary

I have a headlamp. I haven’t always had a headlamp. But I was told I should get one—because it’s dark in Hezekiah’s Tunnel. I’m going to walk through Hezekiah’s Tunnel. Well—wade through it. There’s water in that tunnel. Carved through … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking again. Always a potentially dangerous activity. A friend of mine is considering retiring from the same college I retired from. He’s putting in forty years, if you count his time as a student. I did the same. … Continue reading →

I’m very happy with how the songs stood on their own, without the melodies. Voetica Poetry Spoken — Read on voetica.com/voetica.php

Their great-grandmother… Their great great grandmother…

(After Ferlinghetti Turned 100) I used to know things. Not in a boastful way, but with the certitude of youth. The kind that leans into unpopular truths just to test the echo. I was, perhaps, popular for being unpopular—a familiar … Continue reading →

I’ve never really stopped to consider who the first author was. I suppose I always knew it was knowable—I just didn’t know it.Hmm. Knowable. That implies some things are unknowable. And that seems true enough. But now I’m wondering: what … Continue reading →

1. My friends are gone, my hair is gray, I ache in the places where I used to play- Leonard Cohen, Tower of Song 2. I wanna be safe, safer than I am now- Ilya Anderson, Personal 3. Second floor … Continue reading →

Humans are remarkable. We have the ability to observe reality and document its existence by writing it down, freezing it for all time. This includes the things we see in the physical world, and also things in the emotional world. … Continue reading →

Such a simple word, and everything about it is complex. The most famous of the Greek myths is the story of Pandora’s Box, or more accurately, Pandora’s Jar. (Jar was mistranslated to box). Hesiod is credited with telling the story … Continue reading →

Summertime filing, sanding, and polishing. Braided wire wrapped over leather, solid grip in wet circumstances.