Conversation In Isolation XIII went for a walk. As I always do. One year and counting into a paralyzed globe peering out fearfully into an unknown future. It’s more…Mar 15, 2022Mar 15, 2022
Conversation In Isolation XIIt’s morning. Whipped egg white clouds bunch up on the horizon under an aluminum sky. The days fold into weeks and weeks into months. I…Mar 15, 2022Mar 15, 2022
Conversation In Isolation XI am trying to learn patience. It is not easy to be able to sit quietly without an endless stream of mental chatter, without the impulse to…Mar 15, 2022Mar 15, 2022
Conversation In Isolation IXI’m taking a pain killer that takes me down memory lane. I’m playing iTunes on my old iPad — albums I recorded from my collection several…Mar 15, 2022Mar 15, 2022
Conversation VIIII am fasting. Not because I am trying to lose weight or rid my body of some toxin, but for discipline. In case the food scarcity and…Mar 15, 2022Mar 15, 2022
Conversation In Islonation VII am still spending most of my time alone, so my weekly drives to town to purchase essentials are usually combined with pleasure. I meet a…Mar 15, 2022Mar 15, 2022
Conversation In Isolation VI reread “I and Thou”, a slim text by the Austrian Jewish philosopher Martin Buber, about dialogue and relation. He wrote it in 1923, a…Feb 17, 2022Feb 17, 2022
Conversation In Isolation IVI’ve been here a while now. Disease-free. At least I believe I am. I have none of the usual symptoms, but the virus has a different effect…Feb 17, 2022Feb 17, 2022
Conversation In Isolation IIIThere’s no one on the highway. No one except transport trucks.Feb 17, 2022Feb 17, 2022
