The last hours, minutes, seconds, sneezes, coughs, cries, and the uncertainty that is 2020 will be vanishing at the stroke of midnight, rushing in 2021 like the high tide under a full moon. Fireworks, champagne, kazoos, and kisses will signal humanities optimistic outlook on a clean slate. Resolutions are expected to take precedence in our …
I was awoken by the ring of the phone downstairs on that Tuesday morning. Sleepy eyed and foggy I was greeted by Anthony, my workout partner, “We’re under attack, turn on the TV,” he yelled in haste. The boob-tube channeled the unknown, the North Tower smoking, reports of a commercial jet crashing into the World …