Here is a photo of a short story I wrote for this blog in February of 2016. I found these pages tucked inside the front cover of Billie Urabazo’s book, “Now and Again”. The full title is, “Maintenant et de Nouveau; Now and Again”. You must look for it. It is a clever publication of … More So Much Fun! (I’m easily entertained.)
WE ARE ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE In case you didn’t notice, we are all uphill as well. Sitting outside and seeing with the only eyes I have the way parts of the earth are put together. I see that the roadside flowers that have infiltrated my perennial garden are demonstrating their artistic worth. A … More We Are All On Top Of The World!
HORSES AND BOATS I’ve had two experiences that feel the same. I’ve been out in the ocean alone riding through waves at night in a rubber raft with an outboard motor. I was riding up the waves that travelled toward me and under me and rushed on toward a distant shore. In between the waves … More Horses and Boats
THE 4TH OF JULY (fucking yay) It is the fourth and it is after dark, after nine P.M. I sit and listen to explosions from the Harbor and the noise reverberates around the hills and up the rivers and off the islands and boats filled with glassy-eyed people taking it all in. What is the … More My Annual Rage Against The Celebration of Fictitious Patriotism. Always posted on the 3rd of July to beat the crowd.
Two instances this A.M. regarding how words come into being. Not words per se. Words formed in ways and uttered to define new or improved life styles. Words that I still key on in my mind to the ways they were used when I was a living, breathing man of the world. In the first … More Pour Over? Just a cup of joe please.
Yesterday I completed co-facilitating an Alternatives to Violence, AVP, workshop in Maine State Prison. It was a Basic workshop using two brand new inside facilitator apprentices. You can go to http://www.avpusa.org to get an idea of how this process works. Worth a look-see. After the workshop I come home and undress, put on pajama bottoms … More Marking Our Own Trails
ONE OF THOSE DAYS What do I need? First of all, to explain, I am feeling my age and today is one of depressing thoughts and grim outlooks. So, I have reverted to playing with the macabre. A defense mechanism no doubt. Just the same it works and if it works, use it. Here is … More I Need…
Which (the title) has very little to do with anything I want to discuss today. It just sounds profound to utter things like this. “With each new solution, one can expect a new set of problems”. “Every solution creates its own problems”. Did you know that the developer of the first freeway knew from the … More Every New Solution has a New Set of Problems.
Goodbye Notes Part Five Here’s to that New York City cop with the red hair and the huge feet. You must have been over 6 feet tall, you goon. During the 70’s activism phase of my life when I marched to shut down nukes. It was 1979 to be precise. Millions of people were upset … More Goodbye Notes Part Cinco
All Over Again Seventy years ago, Buddy was standing on his tip-toes to look at his eyes in the bathroom mirror on the second floor of his parents’ huge house. Eleven rooms with seven bedrooms. Nine-year-old Buddy stretching himself tall with an assist by pressing his palms down on the rim of the ceramic sink … More All Over Again
Playing Fair and Being Kind 