Thorns With Occasional Roses

(Illo: Chris Gash)

Thinking About Arianna Huffington While Hiking in the Catskills

It is May, and time to spray the doors and windows of my home. I trudge, unhappily, out to the garden shed. The insect repellent waits for me, but by the time I carry it back to the house, I’ve already decided I’m not going to spray the fucking doors or the fucking windows. It’s a beautiful day.

And yesterday, goddamn it, was City Day.

City Day is the day, every couple of weeks or so, that I take the train to New York City and wonder what God is waiting for. Read More