Chicago -- Getting out of River City is always fraught. Or, at least, it seems that way lately. I tell myself it's important ...

I got to a state where phrases like "the Good, the True, the Beautiful" filled me with a kind of suppressed indignation.." - ...

New York has a trip-hammer vitality which drives you insane with restlessness if you have no inner stabilizer. -- Henry Miller  The simple, ...