Man In A Hard-Hat Waiting In The Union Gospel Food Line March colored weather cracks through the Isaacson Steel skyline. Soot covered windows sneer at the weathered faces waiting for their plate of leftover lamb-cutlets. Mr. J. Caulder is always first in line with his son Andy. “All we want is God’s forgiveness,” he tells [...]

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Summer Solstice You were wearing your Ralph Nader tee-shirt, with a silhouetted crew cut beneath a brand new Edsel. Your hair was quiet, as if capturing the serenity of snow, cascading over Shirley Temple eyes and Ava Gardner cheeks. You asked me, “Do most boys like soft things?” Reaching for my Ingrid Bergman coffee mug, [...]

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Fourth Grade: 1972-73, Spring Glen Elementary The first day of school, we all sat in a circle and said what we would like to do when we grew up. I said a baseball player, (didn’t want other people to blackball me by saying I wasn’t interested in sports.) Piet Rawlings would help me with long [...]

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What Actors Love To Do Talk shop nibble cheesecake and sip espresso coffee imitate Bogart at Woody Allen film festivals debate nuclear power in front of I. Magnin walk around in cliques to wine and cheese parties, beaches and movies. Take Perrier to McDonalds write in journals after curtain calls wear sunglasses, but never used [...]

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