Salubrious
When Mom and Dad die, they’re taken care of by strangers in a nursing home two towns over. The kids don’t have to see them go. They don’t even have to see them after. They just get a we’re sorry to in...
Rationalization was my narcotic. And, as with all drugs, over time, I habituated to mine. I needed more and more to accomplish less and less. Eventually, there was no dose at all that could confer the...
I thought of an old poker players’ expression: If you look around the table and can’t spot the sucker, the sucker is you.
I sighed. Two goodbyes in one night. It was depressing. And it wasn’t as though I had a whole Rolodex full of friends. But no sense being sentimental about it. Sentiment is stupid.
I pulled on a pair of shorts and did two hundred and fifty Hindu push-ups, five hundred Hindu squats, several minutes of neck bridges, front and back, and a variety of other bodyweight calisthenics an...
A monk awoke from a dream that he was a butterfly, then wondered whether he was a butterfly dreaming he was a man.
Benimle ilgili hiçbir şey bilmiyorsun.- Seninle ilgili birçok şey biliyorum. Benim işim insanlarla ilgili bir şeyler öğrenmek.+ Öyle mi? Ne biliyorsun?- Senin kadar güzel bir kadının bir ilişkisi olma...
Two people, Chinese civilians, were heading toward me. Shit. I averted my eyes and changed my posture, dropping my shoulders, adopting a more rolling gait, giving them a persona to remember, a persona...
Gerçek şuydu ki, kötü anılar asla silinmiyordu. Hayır, en fazla duraksıyorlardı; açılmayı bekleyen bir kutunun içinde bekler gibi duruyor, Bizi özledin mi? Merak etme, hala buradayız! Ve hiçbir yere g...
Domaine Leroy Musigny Grand Cru