If Everyone In America Could Hold A Talking Stick, What Would You Say?I’ve been having this crazy-ass fantasy these last few pandemic months. I was imagining how the entire nation might undergo a massive…Apr 10, 20221Apr 10, 20221
Published inNotes From The GratiDudeThumbs Up For Our Rite To Bare Arms“It’s about solidarity,” we agreed , while waiting the requisite fifteen minutes after my second shot, last week. The Latino man in the…Apr 1, 2021Apr 1, 2021
Published inNotes From The GratiDudeLessons From an Octopus’s GardenThe other night, we were clicking through Netflix movie offerings, trying to figure out which one we were in the mood for. We checked a…Mar 29, 2021Mar 29, 2021
Published inNotes From The GratiDudeYay, Me and Yay, You For Showing Up TodayToday I’m sick of this journal, of publishing the blog, of being The GratiDUDE, of looking for beauty in the muddy March earth and dried…Mar 25, 2021Mar 25, 2021
Published inNotes From The GratiDudeMeditation On the Ghost in My MachineSitting here, I can feel the bass beat of my heart, the constant percussion, solid and strong. It’s reassuring, for sure, and somehow also…Mar 22, 2021Mar 22, 2021
Published inNotes From The GratiDudeWhen You See Nothing But TaillightsWriting in Medium, where Susan Orlean also publishes regular pieces, is a bit like milling around before a marathon, cheek by jowl with…Mar 18, 20211Mar 18, 20211
Published inNotes From The GratiDudeA Terrible Beauty Has Been BornNineteen frosty outside, according to my mobile device, and not likely to go much higher than that.Mar 15, 2021Mar 15, 2021
Published inNotes From The GratiDudeYears That Ask Questions and Years That AnswerOne year ago yesterday the governor declared a state of emergency here in the Commonwealth and one year ago today the WHO first cried…Mar 11, 2021Mar 11, 2021
Published inNotes From The GratiDudeA Storm Is Threatening My Very Life TodayI must have watched it a dozen times the last two days. Maybe fifteen. Maybe more, because that’s the way we roll in this house. “If some…Mar 8, 2021Mar 8, 2021
Published inNotes From The GratiDudeThese Last Minutes of Winter All Count, TooThere’s not usually much alignment or coherence between what I write in my daily journal and these bi-weekly blog posts. The latter I…Mar 4, 2021Mar 4, 2021
