Category: .While reading

  • The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat

    I woke up at 3 a.m. still thinking about chapter 2. About Jesus and his blithe honesty even when Pilate is trying to feed him answers that could save him from the cross, and even more so about Pilate, that poor asshole, in the throes of indecision. I didn’t expect to have empathy for him,…

  • Sympathy for the devil

    I can hardly stand how pleased I am already, just two chapters in, with the brilliant Master and Margarita. True, I was excited about it just from hearing Rusty make quiet exclamations of wonder, surprise, and sometimes what-the-heck-is-going-on-here while reading on the couch. I knew I’d be drawn in the moment he said it bounced…

  • Under this big blue sky

    The sky is a heartbreaking blue today. It verges on cruel. An airplane, bigger than a speck, silent, floats in a sharp, straight line and disappears behind the umbrella overhead. A whole plane full of people with their own peeves and frustrations, their own private jokes and their own schemes. Going somewhere.  In 999 of…