mortality

29 Aug 2019

Reminder

A wisdom tooth extraction at the top of August, a root canal at the bottom, and a new crown scheduled for mid-September. X-rays and Novocain. Thousands of dollars. So continues my vigorous intercourse with the dental profession. We’re experiencing some turbulence as we approach the 60th anniversary of our birth, ladies and gentlemen. Please return […]

15 Jun 2017

Waiting for the train

“I’m just waiting to die,” she says, and not for the first time. “Me, too,” I say, and I tell her about the train station, its tiny platform, windswept, deserted, near the end of a line in rural Japan. Mount Fuji is in the distance, of course, snow-capped and posterized, exactly as Kawase Hasui would have […]