Socket to Me
October 24, 2018 · Casual, Magazine, culture
I have a new set of socket wrenches. If you knew me well, you might not be completely surprised, but nevertheless, this is a first for me.
Novelist and Essayist
J.F. Riordan
3 articles 2018
J.F. Riordan is a novelist and essayist who contributed humor and cultural commentary pieces to The Weekly Standard in 2018. Her writing for the magazine explored everyday life observations and reflections with a light, witty touch.
Not With a Bang, but a Tote Bag
September 26, 2018 · Casual, Magazine, culture
I seem to recall an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson in which he predicts that the world will be subsumed not by fire or flood, but by an overwhelming mound of common pins. It hasn’t happened so far, but that may be because we have shifted the cultural weight, as it were, to a far more voluminous…
Remember What Matters
July 2, 2018 · Web Only, culture, poetry
A few weeks ago I received a printed postcard in the mail, beginning “Dear Friend of Donald Hall.” In a few brief lines it announced that Don had been diagnosed with cancer, and would no longer be able to read or answer any letters.