Subway Diary #1
A lot of people these days bitch about our New York City subways--with reason. The MTA’s finger-in the-dike campaign to repair our antique system continually scrambles the system and peoples’ lives: They’re late for work; they can’t get home when they’re weary after...
read more
Protected: Watching My Trees Grow
Password Protected
To view this protected post, enter the password below:
New York’s Parole Process Is In Need Of Repair
You may have read the cover article in last Sunday's New York Times Magazine about the quest for parole by James Morgan, a man serving a life sentence in California. If not, I would recommend it...you can read it here.The article provides an important overview of the...
read more
Untethered in Europe – Circa 1974
This is the story of a solo journey in an untethered era…
read more
Resurrecting The 23d Psalm
I have long kept a secret that most who know me would find surprising.
read more
Martha’s Vineyard–circa 1969
My trip to the Vineyard, just one chapter in my futile quest for Lindsay Parker, was off to a farcical start.
read more
Transitioning – Boomer Style
When I ask friends what they’re up to these days a startling number of them tell me they’re “transitioning”– or thinking and worrying about it.
read more
Lessons From A Life In The Law
In this post, I share the five most important lessons I learned from my career in law.
read more
The Life of My Dad Ray
Last month I had to give the eulogy for my father, who passed away shortly before turning 90.
read more
Lifting The Veil Of Pain
I’ve been thinking a lot about pain recently. Not because I’m in pain, but because for the first time in years I’m out of it.
read more