by Carol Jane Morrison | Nov 13, 2018 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File November 2018 Essay: “Good Grief” GOOD GRIEF I don’t grieve easily. When I come across reports of mass shootings or inhumane treatment of immigrants, women, children, other-gendered or sexually oriented persons, African Americans, Muslims,...
by Carol Morrison | Oct 22, 2018 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File October 2018 Essay: “Boo!” BOO! “Vestal virgins must be accompanied by knights or clergy, or come at their own risk,” the Halloween party invitation said. Ed and I lived in Jackson, Mississippi then, and had been a couple for about a year. We...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Sep 25, 2018 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File September 2018 Essay: “See You In September” SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER I saw on Facebook that the date was September 11th, and recognized, with the surprise of one for whom time moves with distressing haste, that seventeen years have passed since...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Aug 23, 2018 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File August 2018 Essay: “The Little Things” THE LITTLE THINGS We met up with our old friends Linda and Jack the other day, a couple we hadn’t seen for six years. They moved to the area to be close to their children and grandchildren, since Jack...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Jul 25, 2018 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File July 2018 Essay: “Give My Regards to Broadway” GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY My fourteen-year-old granddaughter, Sophie, is determined to have a Broadway musical career. She acts, dances, and sings in the Pacific Coastal Youth Theater, and...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Jun 14, 2018 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File June 2018 Essay: “Far Too Long” FAR TOO LONG The small, fortiesh man in a t-shirt and stocking cap stands at the mic in front of the state capitol in Olympia and says, grinning, “When the Asians come out protesting, you know there’s some...
