Our situation in time and space, festivals, and finding something special right here, right now, wherever and whenever that might be.  Impressions.  History, great local food and drink.  Appreciation.

Reflections on the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan, and why so little was learned from our war in Vietnam.

Music by Vince Parlato; photo Vincent Littrell. 

A consideration of the killing of Soleimaini, in light of (renewed?) hopes for the liberal international order.

The pandemic, both the physical disease and in the body politic, over the last years, as engaged by a writer marooned on a mountain.   Cultural critique, existential struggle, and poetics -- with recipes.

The pandemic, both the physical disease and in the body politic, over the last years, as engaged by a writer marooned on a mountain.   Cultural critique, existential struggle, and poetics -- with recipes.

A reading from an unpublished book, on the (in)stability of memory, the self, family, art & so politics, and the need to carry on nonetheless.  Enjoy.