Playing Fair and Being Kind

I’m happy to announce that I’ve been reading a lot lately. Reading authors whose work I admire and which I have found to mimic my own writing. I like ambiguity, metaphor, and a bit of fantasy or magical realism. My preferences also tend toward the short story or essay format. I am finding more and more … More I’m Inspired by Etgar Keret, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Jorge Borges

This morning I decided to write a short piece involving an incident that happened a few years ago in Northern California. I’d met a couple of young men and given them bogus directions by mistake. While I was writing the draft I noticed time was fleeting, that my son Sam was soon to be arriving … More Nutribullet Transporter and Bad Directions

I completed my visit to North Carolina to visit my granddaughter Hannah. We had a great visit. My son Sam joined in for a few days as well. Hannah and Sam are close enough in age that they are good pals and I’ve recognized this so I stay in the background as much as possible … More FALL IS HERE AND I HEAR WINTER IS CLOSE BEHIND

SOME BENEFITS OF LIVING LONG Or: Dealing With the Fuckery of Life A thought that has come to me this morning, but remains untested, is that my life has been long; so long that I have come to recognize the innocence of mistakes, rude behavior, angry response, ignorance, stupidity, impoliteness, meanness, violence, and general fucked-up-ness. … More The Fuckery of Life

I spent twenty three years in the Navy. I began at Great Lakes Naval Recruit Training Station which is actually in North Chicago, Illinois. This photo was taken by a long forgotten pal from those days. I can guess the date of the photo around spring time of 1958. My Navy life was enjoyable. I … More Sailor Boy

The attacks on our country from terrorists on 9/11 raised many anxieties throughout our population in the United States. How can anyone be surprised? It was a horrific event and the instant images flashed out to our homes in living scariness have warped our minds forever. Oddly there was an earlier 9/11 that happened in … More Up is Down and In is Out

I’ve spent a lifetime learning how to talk to other people. I’m aware that in my mind I am the only person on earth and all others are here to play supporting roles and that when they are not called to be on stage that they disappear and go into a sort of holding pattern until … More Men Talking

I have been very lucky indeed in that my mind is clear and I am blessed with a good memory. At least when I remember the fun stuff. Some stuff I still tend to shudder when it comes back to haunt me. In this instance though the memory is bitter sweet and I have taken … More The Well Never Runs Dry

EPIPHANY An epiphany has come to me. I hope I can explain in such a way as to convey the feelings, the depth of the feelings and the insights that this epiphany delivered. The epiphany came to me in the early hours as I lay in bed, thinking about events of the recent past and … More Epiphany