esmense
- Location
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Bio
- "Often this poet, strolling through the noisy splintered glare of a Manhattan noon, has paused at a sample Olivetti to type up thirty or forty lines of ruminations, or pondering more deeply has withdrawn to a darkened ware- or fire-house to limn his computed misunderstandings of the eternal questions of life, co-existence and depth, while never forgetting to eat Lunch his favorite meal..."
Frank O'Hara Lunch Poems, 1964.
This site is dedicated to the spirit of the man who wrote "I am ashamed of my century for being so entertaining, but I have to smile." Different century than the one we are all now inhabiting of course, and he did have the ill-grace to check out early, before the 1960s ended and America's contribution to that century’s ill-conceived wars, brutal assassinations and betrayals had changed our graceful, fond and confident smiles to the currently fashionable smirks, sneers, snickers and grimaces seen nightly on the news and political talk shows. But still. I hope to "limn" my own "computed misunderstandings of the eternal questions of life, co-existence and depth" on these pages, while never forgetting to eat Lunch, and always, always searching for those rare moments of grace -- when whatever it is that this century is clicks more clearly into view.
MY RECENT POSTS
- A Modest Proposal
November 30, 2010 11:13AM - Dancing in the street
November 05, 2008 08:28PM - A little patience. A lot of
courage.
November 03, 2008 03:14PM - WASHINGTON PUNDIT MISSING!
SARAH PALIN BLAMED
November 01, 2008 08:44PM - Studs Terkel dies
October 31, 2008 08:20PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “I was in my early 50s
during the economic downturn
of the
late 80s/early 90s.
Fro…”
September 20, 2010 06:36PM - “mishima666
Conv
ersations about class in this
country are almost as
freighted
-- a…”
July 23, 2010 12:27PM - “lalucas makes a very
good point. I would bet that
many of the
inland Western
stat…”
November 08, 2009 11:21AM - “I haven't watched the
show but I have seen some of
the
coverage of Jon's move
to…”
October 10, 2009 11:20AM - “One more comment: I
would recommend that everyone
read a
wonderful essay in
today…”
July 12, 2009 05:51PM
Esmense's Links
A Modest Proposal
The President has proposed and the Republicans are applauding a pay freeze for federal employees.
But they really shouldn't stop there. I'd like to suggest another even better economically pointless, but PR rich, gesture that is guaranteed to elate ALL t… Read full post »
Dancing in the street
It strikes me that last night we celebrated as if it was the end of a war, rather than the end of an election. Which, in historic terms, it was. But the celebration also said a lot about how hard the last eight years have been.
I don't remember Americans dancing in the s… Read full post »
A little patience. A lot of courage.
"A little patience and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles. It is true that in the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the horrors of a war and… Read full post »
WASHINGTON PUNDIT MISSING! SARAH PALIN BLAMED
While obsessed blog and beltway denizens have been applying frenzied energy to solving the mystery of; “Sarah Palin: Who on Earth is this Person?” another mystery has gone unexamined and almost unnoticed in the nation’s capital.
Ann Coulter has disappeared.
Disappeared,… Read full post »
Studs Terkel dies
I loved Studs Terkel. I loved his books, his voice, his curiosity, his humor, his fascination with and love for his country and its people. I loved the stories he told, the incredible respect and humanity with which he listened, and, most important, the amazing breadth and variety of people… Read full post »
I’m an urban, half Italian cynic with a life-long affinity for black clothes and ethnic jewelry. Blond hair and pink ribbons have never been my style.
That’s why the woman in my profile photo seems as much a stranger to me as she is to you.
For instance, those aren’t… Read full post »
It's the end of the world! I hope.
Or, more correctly, the end of the world as we've known it.
I may be the only American to be, despite the losses to my retirement account, the new caution of my customers, and the flat-lining of my home's value caused by our current financial crisis, inspired to feel hope and… Read full post »
The media loves (elite) crackpot economics
How else to explain the attention poured on "Joe the Plumber" after the last presidential debate? He didn't express one idea you wouldn't find in the most tendentious essays on the Wall Street Journal's editorial page, or spouted on air by faux populist like Limbaugh and O'Reilly. In other… Read full post »
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