Neurotic Perseverance
All my life, when I tackle a problem or a challenge, if I don’t succeed I assume it’s about me. I’m not fill-in-the-blank-enough. I’m a failure. So, I work harder. I perseverate. I obsess. I refuse to give up. I try, and I try, and I go on trying until I’m used up,...
Change
After years of hesitation, I have given up my landline and transitioned to my cell phone. Many who read this will shake their heads in amazement at my tardiness, but I know others will understand. When I think back about why I hesitated for so long, the simple root is...
Grownups
As I unpack and gradually shape new routines after moving earlier in the month, I keep having a strange thought about this old colonial house we’ve bought. This house is a grownup. What does that mean? I ask myself. Traditionally, colonials were built with high...
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the stone wakes up
joins the chorus
sings with the frogs
wild
all night long
under the whirling stars
–Carmine Leo