Monthly Archives: July 2022

Sunday on the cusp of August in the countryside should be long, should feel endless.  At midi, noon in France, a stillness sets in that is both awesome, in the classical sense of the sun’s strict justice, and dauntingly hot.  … Continue reading →

Say her name. Dites son nom. Say the names of Jewish children — more than 4,000— who were taken 80 years ago this weekend from Paris apartments in the 9th, 10th, 11th, 20th arrondissements. They were separated from their mothers, … Continue reading →

If this is Western civilization in decline, I’ll take it. On the one hand, France is in free fall; on the other, the effort of every moment to hold it together, to prop it up with baguettes as support! Thus … Continue reading →

Those endless questions pull the bobby pin out of reality; the willies,  blues, bad infinity even the “shining truth” of politics —nothing but a question all stars in our flag become fifty questionsall past and futures held down by a moment. … Continue reading →