The Trouble With Ghostwriting Is That It

When Traveling, I Usually Keep A Notebook: When Home At My Desk, The Notebook Serves Mainly To Remind Me How Little I Saw At The Time, Or Rather How I Was Noticing The Wrong Things. But The Notes Do Spur Memories, And It's The Memories I Trust. The Wine Stain On The Page May Tell Me More Than The Words There, Which Usually Strike Me As Hopelessly Inadequate.

Inaugurals Conventionally Start With A History Lesson And Finish With A Prayer.

Heartbreak Comes In Different Sizes, And The Departure Of An 18-year-old Child For A Far College Has To Be Treated As A Very Benign Form Of The Disease.

I Ain't Sleeping. I'm Just Taking A Good Look At The Insides Of My Eyelids.

Because Washington State Now Votes By Mail, Elections Here Tend To Play Out, At An Agonizingly Slow Speed, Over Many Days And, Sometimes, Weeks.