Essays

Reading the classic Mark Twain novel again sparks some reflection on how we use language today.

The mist, the fight over a reservation and the realization that a relationship had run its course.

I probably shouldn’t admit this, but I have a security blanket. I suspect that most of us do.

Freedom of speech, while guaranteed in the Constitution, was not encouraged in my home when I was growing up.

Nobody stopped to ask the man about his politics, his religion, his ethnic background. We all just helped.

One morning last summer, I walked out to the alley behind my house and noticed several diamonds lying in the dirt.

Copland’s music is hailed as quintessentially American, but many aspects of Copland’s life were considered “un-American” in his lifetime - and likely in 2025, too.

A rough recording session followed by the reassurance of geese..