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Salman

He said he thought laughter was an antidote to fanaticism — that to the zealot nothing is funny. And I’ll admit I liked the notion when…

Apr 18

Salman

Apr 18

The space between the stars

We call this ‘sleeping out’ — it’s not camping — my back yard, summer nights, sleeping bags and snacks, talk and talk and talk and the…

Apr 14

The space between the stars

Apr 14

For the ages

The jokes we tell about getting old stopped being funny sometime last year — the yoga exercise called “tying my shoes,” the saddest thing…

Jan 3

For the ages

Jan 3

Day late and a month too soon

Word was Mom’s pregnancy hadn’t gone well, should not go full term. My birth was to be a scheduled procedure. Dad flew back home from…

Aug 30, 2021

Day late and a month too soon

Aug 30, 2021

Round Trip

Twenty miles a week we’ve walked this year: two miles each day, Monday through Friday we climb the road on the wooded hill across from our…

Jul 3, 2021

Round Trip

Jul 3, 2021

Aviators

It was just the other day I went looking for those aviator sunglasses that once belonged to my father and found myself thinking of his…

Jun 20, 2021

Aviators

Jun 20, 2021

The Pentecost

My instinct was to look away, protect my store of fuel and fire for future use — warmth or light, the better. And I’d seen this too…

May 25, 2021

The Pentecost

May 25, 2021

Riprap recollected

for Gary Snyder In those days you actually went looking for a book in a bookstore not knowing the title, the author’s name, what…

May 8, 2021

Riprap recollected

May 8, 2021

Mine for John Prine

I saw John Prine at Berkley Performance Center in Boston quite a few years back. It was his first tour after having survived a run-in with…

Apr 7, 2021

Mine for John Prine

Apr 7, 2021

April

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Apr 1, 2021

April

Apr 1, 2021

Tom Driscoll

Tom Driscoll

Tom Driscoll, poet, essayist and opinion columnist lives/works in Lowell, Massachusetts. https://tomdriscollwriting.com/

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