Tom DriscollSalmanHe 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…1 min read·Apr 18, 2024----
Tom DriscollThe space between the starsWe call this ‘sleeping out’ — it’s not camping — my back yard, summer nights, sleeping bags and snacks, talk and talk and talk and the…2 min read·Apr 14, 2024----
Tom DriscollFor the agesThe jokes we tell about getting old stopped being funny sometime last year — the yoga exercise called “tying my shoes,” the saddest thing…1 min read·Jan 3, 2024----
Tom DriscollDay late and a month too soonWord 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…1 min read·Aug 30, 2021----
Tom DriscollRound TripTwenty 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…1 min read·Jul 3, 2021----
Tom DriscollAviatorsIt was just the other day I went looking for those aviator sunglasses that once belonged to my father and found myself thinking of his…3 min read·Jun 20, 2021----
Tom DriscollThe PentecostMy 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…1 min read·May 25, 2021----
Tom DriscollRiprap recollectedfor Gary Snyder In those days you actually went looking for a book in a bookstore not knowing the title, the author’s name, what…1 min read·May 8, 2021----
Tom DriscollMine for John PrineI 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…2 min read·Apr 7, 2021----