With Apologies to Julia of Krasnoyarsk“No, Ma’am. We can’t send this one. “ The clerk behind the post office window shook his head as he handed the envelope back to me. “But it’s just fan mail for a young girl,” I said. “Doesn’t matter, Ma’am. It’s the war and all. There’s a war.” It was the last of a few dozen or so…
Water Water Everywhere / Nowhere … not a dropIt’s hot. And dry. Dry as a bone … rivers turned to dust. Lakes near empty. Texas is in a hella heat wave and, as is its way, not doing much of anything to address it. I remember, in the heat wave of 2011, then-governor Rick Perry (he of “ Oops” fame ) held a prayer rally in…
