Pastoralia

Pastoralia

This morning is the morning I empty our Human Refuse bags and the trash bags and the bag from the bottom of the sleek metal hole where Janet puts her used feminine items. For this I get an extra sixty a month. Plus it’s always nice to get out of the cave. I knock on...
In Persuasion Nation

In Persuasion Nation

My AmendmentMr Terence Rackman Leadtown Courier-Examiner Leadtown, PA, 13245 Re: “Not in This Town, Friend,” June 15 issue, “My Turn” Lifestyle Section Dear Mr. Rackman, Very much enjoyed your recent article and wish to weigh in with some of my...
On Beauty

On Beauty

At the moment of her own greatest emotional commitment she intervened in the most successful marriage she knew. And it was true: sitting behind her desk, examining this abandoned, rudderless man, she had felt perversely vindicated. Seeing him like that had meant she...