Category Archives: Essays: Life in These Hinterlands

Essays, both serious and humorous, on 30 years of life in rural, western New York.

The Myth of Fingerprints: You Are What You Read

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

I have just completed the short story, The Bus Ride by Sahar Sabati. It is a fairly straightforward narrative about a nurse who gets off work early and finds herself  (the assumption here is that the nurse is female) on … Continue reading →

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In Parenthood: No Crime Warrants This Catastrophe

Posted on November 5, 2011 by

I don’t know what the death of a child means – its purpose really – nor am I ready to lay the cause for such pain and misery at the feet of some ostensibly benevolent entity. Two former colleagues will … Continue reading →

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A Diary of Change: September 12, 2001

Posted on September 10, 2011 by

I have a picture of the Twin Towers – they stand tall and strong in the background – behind a group of frolicking high schoolers headed for the Statue of Liberty on the ferry out of New Jersey. I looked … Continue reading →

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