I Lost My Writer's Badger

Police Badge Of George W. Walling, 18th Patrol District, New York City. NYPLDC

I lost my Writer’s Badge today. Not that it’s a real shiny star like the one I used to parade around with from ages of 8 to 10 as my town’s rough and tumble sheriff. (Why isn’t there a real shiny star for writers? Something we can hold onto when times get tough and make even brighter with obsessive buffing?)

While I didn’t lose something tangible, I still lost something real. Today I lost the comfort that washes ov...