Retired Navy after 23 years. I retired at the age of 40 years old. I've been out longer than I was in. All of the ships I served on have been made into razor blades. I had fun and I lived my life the best I could. Most of my shipmates are gone and I try to stay in touch with the remainder. It continues. Substance abuse counselor, builder of wooden boats, furniture maker, prison non-violence workshop facilitator, life observer, activist, reader, writer, geriatric subject of interest, generous tipper. I stay involved.
NOTES ON EL CONDE The servant departs after asking my leave and I follow him to the door. It is cold; snow lies upon the ground and frost and fog cover what can be seen no longer. I push the door shut. The door is not going to be much help…it does not want to … More Notes on El Conde
TWICE I moved into this house a few years ago. I moved into this house a few years ago. Within a month or so I met a neighbor. Within a month or so I met a neighbor. I didn’t really meet the neighbor. I didn’t really meet the neighbor. We sort of grew aware of … More Twice
I’m way too high for mine or anyone’s comfort, My head has nothing above, I’m afraid of height and I can’t stand wide open spaces, Standing on a wire strung across the gap between the Twin Towers which no longer exist. This long, long pole I hold is no comfort, I just don’t want to … More The Poetry of Grieving
I’ve been kicking this one around then I lost track of it. I find that this is sometimes necessary; no ‘why’. Just is. Star Dust Listen not to your head, Rather, Learn to listen with your body. Sit quietly and listen to all of the dust of the countless stars, You are of that dust, … More Star Dust
TEMP WORKER I had a job offer the other day. The online dictionaries hire people with pleasant voices to be their “pronouncer” for words that are posted in response to search engine inquiries. I’ve been told that I have a good reading voice by an educated friend of mine. She likes my mid-Atlantic drawl. I … More Temp Worker
Sarah in the kitchen singing, She is prepping tomatoes for canning, Roger rumbles through lugging a crate of veggies, We all have been stripping plants in the garden of late produce, Do you want tea? from Sarah. Yes please, I reply. I’m making black, says Sarah. Oh, good…, from me. Roger rumbles past – carrying … More VISITING FRIENDS DURING HARVEST SEASON AT BLACKFISH CREEK
Mister Ed was a favorite character in a weekly T.V. show during the sixties. Reruns for decades put the opening credits’ theme song into everyone’s conscious forever. The plot contained a ‘talking’ horse Mister Ed. I briefly discussed the song with the bag-boy at Hannaford Supermarket recently and that is how I have arrived here … More A HORSE IS A HORSE OF COURSE OF COURSE
June 14, 2024 Let’s see where this takes us. I’ll say more later as I re-connect with this system.Let me know if you are listening.Peace,g
Early in October on the Merritt Parkway. I left Mystic just a short time ago. The sun is lowering in the west and I drive nearly directly into it. I am going to California to visit people I haven’t seen in years and meet my granddaughters for the first time. Early October of 2012 and … More LARGO
ORCHID I feel sensual while regarding orchids, I want to taste the bud, I want to breathe the air close to the petals, I want to hear waves washing ashore in Carlsbad late at night, When the grunion are running and I am lying atop you. G. M. Goodwin 17 January 2014
Playing Fair and Being Kind 