My Oceanography   A strand of algae leaves its rubbery translucent swatch on my skin. My first impulse is to peel it off lest a horror movie version of contagion unfold and my … Read More...

SUNDAY You are the start of the week or the end of it, and according to The Beatles you creep in like a nun. You’re the second full day the kids have been away with their father, the … Read More...

JACKIE ROBINSON   the uniform and ball are white but Jackie is   New Jersey Harlem   separate drinking fountains empty seats at the back of a southern bus my … Read More...