Multiple Choice Questions Written as the National Emergency Alert [Repeats] Everyone Must Comply by Staying in Their Homes, or a Place of Safety, and Not Going Out Except for Extreme Necessity Until the Danger Has Passed | While the Birds on My Balcony Continue to Coo to One Another, Swiftly Eating the Seed I Have Laid Out for Them, Two of Them Entering My Open Doorway to Peck at Stray Seed That Has Fallen on the Sill | As I Sit, Listening for the Distant Sound of Drones and Interceptor Missiles ~ Measuring Causality the Way One Measures Thunder After a Flash of Lightning

Writing began on February 28, 2026.

My Days in Doha (with My Sons)

A log of the two weeks my boys spent with me in Doha, Qatar over the 2018-19 winter break. 25 December – Christmas Day 5 minutes into the start of Christmas Day, my sons were scheduled to arrive at Hamad International Airport in Qatar. About 30-40 minutes after their plane touched down, they both emerged… Continue reading My Days in Doha (with My Sons)