Little girls, tears, and ballet
Name three things that, in combination, I am unprepared to deal with. Pretty much everything I’ve done or said in...
Poetry, pure poetry
For those of us who really just don’t have the time to make a poem that works, there’s the easy...
Bicycles and 45s
So, where have I been, you ask? Busy. Extremely busy. Busy-ness of the one-armed paperhanger variety. One-armed paperhanger working New...
Holes. Where have I been?
Missed the entire “Holes” phenomenon, until Saturday. Miserable, rainy April Saturday, so we hit the Madison (“Perpetually under new management!”)...
China rattling
There are giant stacks of new china sitting on the kitchen table, just sitting there and thinking about where in...
Choice
The way I see it, I have a simple choice. I can write, or I can defeat the enemies of...
Easter
Two years ago we spent Easter Sunday on Stinson Beach, north of San Francisco. Last year, we were in Chincoteague,...
Unsettled
I suppose that it’s NOT okay to call in “unsettled” to work because of the latest Buffy episode. Wife reminds...
Music notes
iPod rules! iPod rules! Intergalactic shuffle mode! Is there a better working band in America than Cracker? I don’t think...
Just so many things to do
Not writing. Thinking about writing, but not actually getting to do it. For starters, what little write time I have...