Monthly Archives: May 2014

Daddy’s Car In The Woods

Little Johnny watched his daddy’s car pass by the school playground and go into the woods. Curious he followed the car and saw Daddy and Aunt Jane in a passionate embrace. Little Johnny found this so exciting that he could hardly contain himself as he ran home. Upon arriving he started to tell his mother. […]

Weird Womb Tonight

Tonight at Friends and Lovers in Brooklyn. 641 Classon Avenue. 10pm. Come Sober. Leave Drunk. Weird Womb plays as good as they look. To see WEIRD WOMB please go to this URL https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152801129789045&oid=337662963010345&saved

Pregnant Ha Ha Jewish Girl

Throughout the 50s and 60s and even the 70s and 80s and 90s, teenage pregnancy was a matter of family shame. Girls were sent to homes for unwed mothers to give birth to their little angels, in many case having their new-borns torn from their arms even before they have a chance to suckle their […]

Smoldering Forests

Several years ago my ex-wife, my daughter, dog and I toured the River Kwai. The mountains were featherded by plumes of smoke from where farmers were burning the slopes to cut back vegetation for fruit orchards. When I mentioned this violation to the rangers at the forestry station, they shrugged with ineffectiveness. “Mai mi alai samlat yut fi mai.” […]

Cold Is The New Warm

The National Weather Bureau announced that the winter of 2014 was the coldest recorded in modern history. Having lived through a weary long season of frigid temperatures, multiple snowstorms, and a delayed Spring I am happy to see a few flowers in the gardens of Fort Greene and leaves sprouting from the trees lining Lafayette […]