I believe you can always peel away a layer of a cliche and find another truth lumbering beneath it. Right now it’s a quiet chaos before seeing clearly which I need very very soon. As I’ve mentioned before I’ve been…
Tag: writing
Yesterday I went to an open mike inside a downtown Brooklyn diner; outside of myself, the age range of the participants was from early fifties to a very lively 92 year old man who sang and soft shoe tap danced…
Most of the time things happen in the world and then things happen inside the inner world and they seem like they pop along independently each other, only to drop by and flirt for a few minutes or have a…
A while ago a friend and I were having dinner at a health type eatery that had dishes that were very wide and shallow so when the pasta was brought out it looked like I would have three days worth…
My birthday’s coming on the 29th and that means my Solar Return; when I moved to New York nine years ago from San Francisco as a platter of plasma with ID, one of the first things I did was to…
lives in Urbandale, IA; he is always thirty four years old and goes to Supercuts to get a side parted trim every six weeks. HIs girlfriend comes over three times a week and they eat pasta and a plate of…
I’ve always known I would write. In 4th grade and 6th grade I was chosen to go to Young Author’s Conference while living in Indiana; both stories were about orphan boys looking for homes; I’m adopted; psych majors can ring…
Back in New York time which is three clocks stuffed inside one as my brain re-acclimates and puts all the thought monkeys back on the treadmills; I will say, coming back from a week in suburban Pittsburgh that I am…
When I play piano I smell Paris. It motivates me. November reminds me of Paris because I was last there in November. I want to roam the halls of Versailles and look for a secret entrance to underground tunnels where…
I am in life contractions and they’ve abated for the moment; I am about to leave town on Sunday for a week and anyone who lives in New York knows you have to leave the confines at least every two…