Eulogy for My Father.
Arturo Alejandro Diaz, my father, died this week at age ninety. After a long and robust life, he suffered physical Continue reading
Arturo Alejandro Diaz, my father, died this week at age ninety. After a long and robust life, he suffered physical Continue reading
The tail of summer brings the orchard’s first harvest. While a rush of apple varieties ripen in fall, summer has Continue reading
The Puritans fled England as an act of Christian devotion. Christianity filled their lives, and at life’s end, they saw Continue reading
Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Woodstock festival, “three days of peace and music” at a farm in upstate Continue reading
Today marks fifty years since men first visited the moon. It is a moment for all people, and surely all Continue reading
Phipps Street Burying Ground, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, was established in 1630, a mere decade following the arrival of the first Continue reading
I keep taking the same picture! Dog and fire, fire and dog, each winter a repeating and repeating still life. Continue reading
Hanging among my bookshelves, I have an unusual letter. It was written one hundred years ago, Christmas Day 1916. The author Continue reading