I don’t say the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. I’m uncomfortable with the idea of making a promise to an object. I cannot be loyal to a length of printed polyester fabric. Sure, there’s also that part about “the republic for which it stands,” but I prefer to demonstrate my allegiance to the […]
The resident blog critic at our house was mocking me on Sunday afternoon. “So you post this big essay declaring, Now I shall write! and then…nothin’. What’s with that?”
I mumbled something about having no further subject at hand that was a worthy follow-up to the announcement that we’re preparing to adopt. He scoffed.
Which is […]
If there’s one thing this so-called blog is not, it is reliable, and that embarrasses me somewhat.
As a daily user of the Internet, I get frustrated with sites that go for long stretches without updating. They remind me of the vacant storefronts along Lorain Avenue. Sure, no one else has a better idea about […]
[I’ve been doing more thinking than writing in the last month or so; thus, the lack of posts. So here’s a piece I just submitted for publication to the Plain Press. If you see this excellent free monthly around town, pick it up. It’s a great source of in-depth coverage on neighborhood issues. —LTF]
When […]
It’s been a year and a half since you could drive over the Madison Avenue bridge between West 58th and West 65th. It was closed back in the summer of ‘03 due to its advanced state of decay. Concrete is crumbled, rusty strands of mangled rebar poke out. But because vehicular traffic no longer passes […]