Thank you for the mention, Fran, and I am sorry I am behind in reading. So many beautiful elements here. I really love the language of the essay about the drive. "A low mist hovers, so ephemeral it is more like a smudge."
The tracking of shootings, morphing to mass shootings, through history is chilling, for sure.
Great line: "We are always crisscrossing one another’s existence."
I was in a freshman dorm lobby at the University of Denver when somebody yelled, "Kennedy's been shot". I just stood there, overwhelmed. I also remember that one student responded by yelling "Yeah" and another student slugged him in anger. Times haven't changed much. As for your comment, "And it will go on. It will never, ever end. We are the captives of this tragic and macabre history," as disturbing as so many things are right now, I hope not.
Thank you for the mention, Fran, and I am sorry I am behind in reading. So many beautiful elements here. I really love the language of the essay about the drive. "A low mist hovers, so ephemeral it is more like a smudge."
The tracking of shootings, morphing to mass shootings, through history is chilling, for sure.
Great line: "We are always crisscrossing one another’s existence."
Caro's series on LBJ is exceptional. I hope he finishes it.
I was in a freshman dorm lobby at the University of Denver when somebody yelled, "Kennedy's been shot". I just stood there, overwhelmed. I also remember that one student responded by yelling "Yeah" and another student slugged him in anger. Times haven't changed much. As for your comment, "And it will go on. It will never, ever end. We are the captives of this tragic and macabre history," as disturbing as so many things are right now, I hope not.
I’ve been enjoying your view of the world.
Keep the flow coming.