Welcome to 111 Words, by Andrew Shields

"The first of December is covered with snow": The first day of winter in Basel

"Inalienable / As DNA, / Self-evident / As fingerprints": "The Stain", by A. E. Stallings, and the Declaration of Independence

Thrift Shopping for Congress

Aggressive driving on the Autobahn

Violence as "isolated" or "emblematic"

Listening to music I haven't listened to in a long time: The Brad Mehldau Trio, "Art of the Trio, Volume 1" (1996)