The exact origins of the theatre are murky. It was generally supposed to be the venture of a great patron…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellOctober 17, 2022
To ears like mine, it sounded like pure hokum, truly a modern version of the emperor’s new clothes.
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellSeptember 13, 2022
The entire family is now gathered around Uncle Bill, singing along as he plays those old favorites on his accordion.
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellAugust 16, 2022
Does 31 years ago count as “not long ago”? This was the first thing I ever had published in Perspectives…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellAugust 2, 2022
I was right on the cusp of sleep. You know that hazy, la-la land where you think you’re awake.
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJuly 20, 2022
Something troubling is afoot in our world. Scapegoating, authoritarianism, conformity, and freedom only for good people, normal people, our kind…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJuly 5, 2022
She was no jackbooted sadist. I would bet she was a good neighbor -- eager to loan you two eggs…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJune 7, 2022
Non-traditional weddings raise anxieties, uncertainties, and fear. What does it signal if I attend? Am I complicit? Am I condoning?
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellMay 18, 2022
We’re not very good at making connections between Monday’s, Tuesday’s or Wednesday’s events, and what happened later in the famed…
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellApril 12, 2022
