Bookshelf — Confidence Man, Maggie HabermanIf you felt you weren’t warned about Trump before, you’ve no excuse not to be nowOct 18, 2022Oct 18, 2022
Birthday AdviceBorrowing from others, I offer some lessons learned about life in this century and the lastAug 11, 2022Aug 11, 2022
When the “newspaper” cancels the “news”A few weeks ago, the San Francisco Chronicle informed its paying readers — of which I am one to the tune of $1,011 a year — that it’s…May 1, 2022May 1, 2022
Home from Mexico — Comforts and DiscomfortsWhat strikes me when I return to California from Mexico is not presence of affluence, but the extent of it, the width and breadth of the…Mar 17, 2022Mar 17, 2022
A writer dies, her book is not done, her husband writes the final chapterThere is no more tenuous concept than time. Hours, days and years are inventions of man, an application of accounting and order to a life…Feb 21, 2022Feb 21, 2022
Bookshelf — The Elegance and Simplicity of “Intimacies”Katie Kitamura’s novel is to be savored for is clarity and humanityJan 8, 2022Jan 8, 2022
I’d Like to Thank the AcademyThe list is long and you’re one it — the arithmetic of life gratitudeNov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
My Oaxaca — The Long Return“COVID arrived in Oaxaca as a ravenous beast and feasted on the lives of the poor.”Nov 20, 2021Nov 20, 2021
Explaining Trump, Explaing UsBookshelf — Wildland, The Making of America’s Fury, Evan OsnosOct 27, 2021Oct 27, 2021
