My Father’s Things

The photo I nicknamed "The Great Gatsby." When my father died a few years ago he left behind a wife with advanced dementia, a large collection of memorabilia from the Franklin Mint, and every one of his tax returns dating back to 1964. Of course he left other things too, including a house and a …

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The Tenants

Surely there is a medical term for the unholy rage one feels upon returning to a house that’s been sublet for any length of time. For it’s clearly a psychological complex, an anger wholly irrational and out of proportion to the perceived offense. As I ransack my kitchen looking for the measuring spoons and nearly …

Now, Levenger

"Let me explain to you one of the key elements involved in the writing process.  Because it may seem outwardly that the pen and the paper and the chair play an important role.  But they’re all somewhat incidental to the actual using of the brain."                                                                   — Jerry Seinfeld to George Costanza Once again Jerry gets …