Archive - Desk Notes by Charles Schifano

I do hope that most of our present authors are forgotten.

Apr 19 •

Charles Schifano

The Child in the Pool

I have my own lane in the pool.

Apr 12 •

Charles Schifano

Museum exhibit labels have the peculiar quality of giving you both too much and not enough information.

Apr 5 •

Charles Schifano

March 2024

The Third Person

I learned how far I could push the language.

Mar 29 •

Charles Schifano

The easy conclusion, in thinking about past generations and the natural world, emphasizes what they knew.

Mar 22 •

Charles Schifano

A Private Person

I keep hearing stories that I shouldn’t be hearing.

Mar 19 •

Charles Schifano

Former Totalitarians

Once the situation devolves into the muck, there’s nobody left but monsters.

Mar 15 •

Charles Schifano

A Sensitive Question

I was startled, this week, with a question about sensitivity.

Mar 8 •

Charles Schifano

Declining Into Progress

Imagine for a moment that you’re a genteel, wealthy aristocrat from Sicily.

Mar 1 •

Charles Schifano

February 2024

Nothing makes you doubt the merits of a music education more than a neighbor who takes up the violin.

Feb 23 •

Charles Schifano

The distinction between your preferences and your character.

Feb 16 •

Charles Schifano

The Old Man And The River

Chronicle Number 3

Feb 13 •

Charles Schifano

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