Dispatches from the Underground: Reluctant thoughts on a Sacred Anniversary
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Broken Nails
A narrative reflection on the disturbing tragedy that IS the education system
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Naming the Dragon
When was the last time you were able to pull a lawn chair out on the grass at night and watch for shooting stars, or hunt the fae in your imaginations?
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An Anxious Yankee Bonapartism
A wizard’s strangled cry on NH Primary Day 1:27 PM on Primary Day, sitting in Flight Coffee’s new cafe hidden deep within a Bedford industrial park, and a small three-person platoon of weathered Michael Bennet supporters strolls in as though there’s nothing weird about that. 1:27 PM on Primary Day and there’s still Michael Bennet…Read More
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The Gabagool Primary
New Jersey sounds off with profound Primary Envy Oh how I envy the fine people of New Hampshire! You don’t know how good you have it. You get to go second in the presidential primary process (I know you think you go first but who are you kidding), remind everyone you aren’t Iowa, and enjoy…Read More
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Signs of the Times
An Ornithological Look at the New Hampshire Primary This is an updated 2020 version of a 2004 piece that appeared in Chester College’s literary magazine. Imagine my surprise when I checked my answering machine and heard a familiar voice: “Hello, this is George W. Bush…” Beep. That was the only message. Oddly, the then-President forgot…Read More
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Scrolling Meditation
How I overcame social media addiction beyond mere avoidance This essay was featured in the Late Winter 2020 Monadnock Underground print quarterly. For ten years I was a successful university and public school physics teacher. I was recognized with three teaching awards for excellence in urban education, granted a department chair, and served as a…Read More
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CBD and the Fog of War
Cannabis, Legalization, and New Hampshire Part 5 July 28, 2019 Somewhere in the Low Country of South Carolina Normally I begin my pieces with a little intro: where I am, what I’m doing, the music I’m listening to, and possibly a foreshadowing of where I’ll go in the piece. Not this time. What the fuck…Read More
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Bob Dylan and the Carnival of America
We need to actually live our lives in our world if we hope to save either Nothing is ever just one thing and all of life is rife with contradiction, sentiments embodied no less in Bob Dylan as in America itself. It’s impossible to watch The Rolling Thunder Revue, Martin Scorsese’s new Dylan documentary on Netflix,…Read More
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For The Glory of All Man
Returning to the original dream of true public space The first thing to notice about royal interior design is its complete disregard for negative space. Next to the painting of a royal hunting expedition is a stone relief of a Bible story. Every wallpaper has a pattern, every slab of marble a flurry of red…Read More