The Last Hurrah*
I began to write this post without any real idea of how to start it or where the opening sentences would take me. This is unusual for me. It’s not that I always have a fresh idea at the ready. Like any writer, I suffer moments of doubt as the clock ticks down the minutes left until deadline. Leave it to the Muse to pick this time to be silent. No doubt, she has a reason. Perhaps my subconscious is engaged in some last-minute foot-dragging. What to do? Bereft of all other opti