Lou climbed the stairs to his old bedroom. He was moving slowly between the second and third floors. The train ride from Chicago to Boston took nearly a full day and he’d been unable to relax on the trip. Lou was exhausted and he needed to get some rest, try to sleep. The family patriarch … More BROODING
My mother described to me the noise she heard when my father shot himself. She described the report of the pistol as a crack, a loud crack. She was downstairs in the kitchen when my father carefully held the business end of the pistol to the left side of his head. He was positioning the … More REPLICA
The human side of us is our deadliest friend. No where else can I remember meeting up with such a cruel killer of happiness, serenity, peace. Our inside person is all of this and more. Fold in a bit of hard-of-hearing and disaster awaits just around the corner of our souls. I’m talking about the … More Self Assassination
MY TRIP INTO SELF TRANCE I am going to go into a trance for the first time. I am going to do this with no previous experience. I hope that this is not a one-way trip. I am lying down with my feet separated and my arms are at my side. I am focusing on … More My Trip Into Self-Trance
Playing Fair and Being Kind 