Journal of the Plague Year, Day One Hundred Twenty: I am the one thing in life I can control.

A word, here, about strange reactions. Untrammeled honesty time. I watched Hamilton last week, and while I was also amazed and astounded by it, at the same time the whole experience was very demoralizing. Once I got past the initial euphoria of watching it, and then the euphoria of repeatedly dissecting what I have been […]

Journal of the Plague Year, Day One Hundred Thirteen: I’m willing to wait for it.

A word, here, about making up for past mistakes. Obviously I am several years behind the curve on this, but I finally watched Hamilton yesterday. I first remember hearing about it, I want to say a few months before it debuted off-Broadway. Some kind of vague logline of a “rap musical about the founding fathers.” […]