Notes from practice · D.C. Superior Court
Keeping the back-benchers in line
“Please hold for the President of the United States.” What could be more exciting than to receive a telephone call with these words?...
Covfefe this
People laugh at your jokes when you are in a position of power. They return your phone calls. Our attention-seeking president is in for one...
That we should know the place as ours
This, for now, is our piece of earth. I clear away the brush and stack the wood in a pile near the shed and think:...
The city belongs to the two of us
Thirty-five years ago, my wife would take a break from her law school studies to join me in the tiny bedroom of our apartment to...
Eavesdropping on Michael Jackson
Jackson spoke with three separate women, and he was a different person depending on which of the women he was on the phone with. He...
Mike knew we loved him
Mike O’Neill of “Mike and Heather” has died. We drive up to the wake in Lansford, Pennsylvania. It is reassuring to see Heather and their...
“This is great. We’ll take it.”
My wife and I have gone full circle. We started off our lives together in a small rental apartment in D.C. Three kids, four cities,...
A Farewell to Tolo
We were not the first tourists to visit the village of Tolo. But we were the first foreign family to spend a significant amount of...
Lists
I sit across from a colleague in her office at the Public Defender Service in D.C. A list of names from the jail is on...
Your Desk, By The Window
“I am in.” This is what my niece Meg says as she forces open a window on the first-floor and crawls into the building. She...
At Least There Are No Spelling Errors
The President of the United States has access to the best minds in the country. Presumably, this includes people with a basic grasp of grammar...
“When Beggars Die, There Are No Comets Seen”
My wife believes in helping out those who are less fortunate. I believe that if everyone would stop giving money to the panhandlers who frequent...
Build It And They Will Come
Guest Entry by Mary Anne Brush Mindfulness. It’s become quite the buzzword, but what does it mean? Jon Kabat-Zinn, teacher of mindfulness meditation and founder...
A Criminal Defense Lawyer Gets Mugged
I am hit so hard that my boot flies off as I fall backward. The boot slides across the bricks out onto the street. Our...
Keeping the Torch Lit
Guest Post by Mary Anne Brush (Re-printed from the Grosse Pointe News) Two milestones mark either end of my summer. My 90-year-old mother died at...