Category: Nonfiction
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4-F
When the order came to report to my draft physical in early spring of 1972, it was no surprise. With…
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Death of a Republic
Something happened on the trip through the 21st century. Self-centeredness became the default in relationships, at work, on crowded subways,…
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Within the Mind
Imagine the world closing in, the walls far too close for comfort. The feeling of claustrophobia in one’s own life…
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Realm of Illness
There are many types of cancer, some rarer than others. However, they all share the same basic features. One’s own…
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Sometimes a Sucker
I’ve been through unemployment three times in my working life, but it wasn’t until the third go ‘round that I…
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Legacy
Here, on the Ranch, the air smells bigger and the sky sounds bluer. The stars dance into constellations, and my…
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Doña Rosa
When I sit in silence, I can hear Doña Rosa shuffling around, humming an unfamiliar tune that feels like love…
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Montevideo Water Crisis
Since the beginning of this decade, I’ve lived through a winter storm that caused cascading infrastructure failures in Austin, Texas,…
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Obsidian Fields
I was twenty-one years old the summer Elaine and I backpacked into Three Sisters Wilderness. I was an urban creature,…
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The Patronus Paradox
A time-traveler named Harry Potter awaits the appearance of his dead father on the edge of a vast lake bordered…