By Michael McQuillan
“Life is a spark between two identical voids,” psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom writes in Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death, “the darkness before birth and the identical one after death.” Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: Michael McQuillan
McQuillan’s World: After The Coup At The Capitol
By Michael McQuillan
I’ve been scribbling thoughts and feelings on store receipts, napkins or envelopes. Continue Reading →
McQuillan’s World: An Admirable Man
By Michael McQuillan
An unmarked door bares a vacant bar where I want news, not booze. Continue Reading →
Op-Ed: Preserving Democracy Demands More Than Putting Biden In Office
By Michael McQuillan
Never during my youthful McGovern campaigning or as I lobbied in Washington against Nixon’s Vietnam escalation did I dream that our nation’s concurrent crises would surround my adulthood. Continue Reading →
Mike’s World: The Lower Ninth Wards Self-Help Success Since Katrina Deserves External Investors
By Michael McQuillan
Katrina’s flood silt soaks the portrait in the image below, but divide the picture in quadrants to absorb its details before you read on. Continue Reading →
Michael’s World: A Terrible Beauty Surrounds Us
By Michael McQuillan
Tendrils reach the living room window. The tree, a friend, beckons. It was here sixteen years ago when Sharon and I bought this Brooklyn apartment. Continue Reading →
