I had been at the table for about ten minutes when he walked in to the bar area. I caught his eye and he headed toward me. He was smiling, but my first thought was that he looked really tired. … Continue reading
Mike Pontillo
No, this is not an essay on Planned Parenthood. It’s a short story. The Circular File has gotten a bit dusty lately, as I’ve been spending my free time on some music recording projects and haven’t been writing. But I … Continue reading
Today begins the season of Lent, in which, across the globe, Christians (and especially Catholics) observe the forty-day period between Mardi Gras and Easter Sunday with their own peculiar mix of ritual and superstition. As a child in Catholic school, … Continue reading
Up until this point, I have chosen not to post any essays that are purely political in nature. I have two good reasons for this: first, that there are countless other sources of political coverage on the web, many of … Continue reading
The tears came at the oddest times, it seemed. He had spent so much time in quiet introspection these past weeks, mentally retracing sixteen years worth of footsteps. At those times, when a good cleansing would seem appropriate, it didn’t … Continue reading