This is The Thing

Yes, when I’m taking these long breaks from blogging, I actually am doing other things. This week, I’ve been finishing up a bunch of long-overdue items on my various “to-do” lists — one of which was to get all those “to-do” lists onto a single to-do list, which I have actually done now. I have [...]

I have a peculiar experience that comes upon me from time to time — I don’t know if this is common in folks who don’t make art of some kind, but here’s the experience: I hear a certain song, or read a certain poem, or watch a piece of comedy being performed, and I simply [...]

When I was 11, I wanted a horse, a monkey, and a guitar. In that order. That was my wish-list for birthdays, Christmas, and any other opportunity to wheedle goods and services out of adults. At 12, I did manage to co-opt my older brother’s guitar, once he was off to college, and when I [...]

The moon is going quickly away. I watched her Monday, ringed and round. Now orange-sectioned, back a-sway, she angles herself from the ground. I watch her, catching from her face this brief reminder of a Sun which soon will occupy her space and make the night-clouds bleed and run.

– Bwahahahahahahaha! No, not really. Don’t go away! No Really! Don’t! I was sick! (That’s “true”/documentable.) There was a big snow storm! (Also “true”/documentable.) There was the biggest solar flare in the last 5 years! (Once again — “true”/documentable.) I’m tired of excuses though, and none of these reasons is the reason that I have [...]