BROKEN WINDOWSChicago. New Orleans. Mexico. And now, Afghanistan.The Kite Runner and Other Sagas- November 28, 2005 It's unseasonably warm today, with the sun shining bright and the air not crisp or cold at all but rather sweet and breezy, a mid-May day, perhaps, but not a late November one. Tonight it's supposed to drop 40 degrees, which may sound impossible if you've never been to Chicago where the weather can turn from tropical to arctic with a wind change. I've had an excellent mail day: the check from NPR came, and an incredible postcard drawing from Doc. How lucky I am! It's been days since I've...http://blogs.salon.com/0002967/2005/11/28.html#a556 What I'm Thankful For- November 25, 2005 The love of my life. How lucky I am to have found him!http://blogs.salon.com/0002967/2005/11/24.html#a555 A city of rough edges- November 22, 2005 I've been fighting the mild depression these long, silent periods seem to bring me. That brief conversation with S on Saturday morning was not enough. He left his old base nearly three weeks ago now, and since then I've talked to him twice via sat phone ("the phone that talks to the moon," as the Afghans call it) and both conversations were not much more than short reportage: "I'm just calling to tell you I'm okay" and "I don't know when I'll be able to call you again," the mantras of...http://blogs.salon.com/0002967/2005/11/21.html#a554 Saturday morning- November 19, 2005 The spectacle on capitol hill yesterday was another pathetic, dark mark on our so-called democracy. This made me incredibly pissed: At one point in the emotional debate, Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Ohio, told of a phone call she received from a Marine colonel. "He asked me to send Congress a message - stay the course. He also asked me to send Congressman Murtha a message - that cowards cut and run, Marines never do," Schmidt said. Murtha is a 37-year Marine veteran and ranking Democrat on the defense.http://blogs.salon.com/0002967/2005/11/19.html#a553 |