Stuff in the Basement
Sunday, May 05, 2024
Sunday Morning Meds--from Psalm 84
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“Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.” My mother thought the world of the college where I spent most of m...
Saturday, May 04, 2024
First Bride -- a story (denouement)
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Resolution: what the story has done to the man who tells it. The denoument wraps things up. What does he do with a story he knew absolutely ...
Friday, May 03, 2024
First Bride -- a story (iii)
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I don't doubt such a thing happened. War's effects never run cold. Still, it's an amazing story--a woman marries in order to emi...
Thursday, May 02, 2024
First Bride -- a story (ii)
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In yesterday's opening segment, a historian from the States, attending a conference on Dutch immigration, discovers that his father, utt...
Wednesday, May 01, 2024
First Bride -- a story (i)
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"First Bride" is about 20 years old or so. It holds down a place in a collection of mine titled Paternity . It's likely I was...
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
The Guv and her ex-dog
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What's disturbing about Guv Kristi Noem's determination to tell all how she shot her dog is whether or not she was aware of the pote...
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Monday, April 29, 2024
A hymn without a story
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William Jennings Bryan knew how to deliver a speech, a talent he picked it up as a kid. He was the youngest man ever to be nominated for Pre...
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