The story goes that a priest (or bishop) in Rome (or Terni) was under house arrest and was speaking with a judge about Jesus when the judge’s blind daughter came in. The judge said he would do anything for the priest if he could restore her sight. The priest laid his hand on the girl’s… Read more

You know how a young group of friends have one stable couple while the rest of the gang fall in and out with a procession of lovers? We were that couple. I don’t know if stable is the best word to describe us. There was a lot of volatility and even spasms of violence. We… Read more

This has been another hard week for America. In case anyone wondered if this administration and its lackeys could sink any lower, now you know. I wrote a new song this week. I will record it this year. For obvious reasons, it’s called Heaven and Earth. HEAVEN AND EARTHHEAVEN AND EARTHSEE WHAT YOU’RE DOINGAND KNOW… Read more

It was a soft morning, before I could speak. I could hear well enough, and I knew how to say words, but none of them were the right ones. It was snowing. Maybe that’s what made it a soft morning. That was definitely part of it, that “freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.” But there… Read more

I went to see Bernie Williams at Carnegie Hall last week. It was strange to hear such accomplished musicianship coming from a man who won a batting title as centerfielder for the Yankees. But the more I thought about it the less strange it seemed. Athletes and artists have a lot in common. Both know… Read more