Author Archives: bryan

I can feel that my time is measured. By whom? Perhaps at birth each one of us is assigned a personal timekeeper. A timeless, changeless individual on a tall work stool hunched over a chronometer on a bench strewn with … Continue reading →

This week (in Alex Finlay’s “The Night Shift”) I read the following: “Sports. Ella never understood the fascination. A professor explained that it’s the human need to belong to something. A tribe. Ella’s never felt that need.” I’ve of course … Continue reading →

I would like to believe I have not given up. But for all the difference I am making, I am thinking I have. Is it that no one listens? Or is it that I am not making a strong enough … Continue reading →

This is a short, sad story of a village; and its children. Children born in filth to parents filled with angst pretending to be love. In the moment in which Life sparked, the filth was external. But in the very … Continue reading →

To ignore, to accept, to rationalize a consensus irregularity will only serve to further disjoint the status quo, creating the potential for a downward spiral. This week I have read this suggestion regarding our government’s reaction in two different contexts. … Continue reading →