Archive - The Voice Inside My Head

I published this last Labor Day, and a friend asked me to republish it this year.

Sep 2 •

Christine Merser

August 2024

My cousin Jeff and I went to the coast early this morning to shoot the sunrise.

Aug 13 •

Christine Merser

July 2024

If Your Sister Was Ted Kaczynski?

My sister, Leslie and I speak every day.

Jul 29 •

Christine Merser

Biden's Washingtonian Moment

I have shied away from politics on this account, for obvious reasons.

Jul 23 •

Christine Merser

GOAT. Let's get rid of the term.

Good morning tennis players and others...It’s Wimbledon time, and again, I kept hearing about Serena and her GOAT status, to which I have always rolled…

Jul 12 •

Christine Merser

You Can't Take My America Away; or Me Out of America

Jul 4 •

Christine Merser

June 2024

My Novel: Flight of the Starling

I wrote a book.

Jun 28 •

Christine Merser

I'm afraid of snakes.

Jun 18 •

Christine Merser

D-Day. Eighty Years Ago.

Jun 6 •

Christine Merser

Dancing for My Life.

When this video popped up on Instagram (ok, maybe it was TikTok, but I’m not supposed to have a TikTok account according to my intellectual friends), I…

Jun 3 •

Christine Merser

Nixon and Trump

I think it was about nine o’clock at night on August 8th, 1974, that we gathered at Crystal Lake Lodge in the Adirondacks.

Jun 1 •

Christine Merser

May 2024

2024 Commencement Speech by Jerry Seinfeld

Every year I put forth my favorite commencement speech of the year.

May 20 •

Christine Merser

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