The moments with our parents, and their siblings, become even more important the older we get. It’s not so much the wisdom they impart, or the stories they share, it’s the time we get to spend together knowing the ticks… Read More ›
Life
“The Road of Excess Leads to the Palace of Wisdom”
William Blake, the source of the title quote, was onto something about excess. But sometimes, I just don’t get it. My hotel room this week in the Bay Area was not exactly three star, yet it had a phone… Read More ›
Life is a Holiday
Vacation. What does it mean to you? If you break it down, and no this is not a snooty Latin exercise (which we all know would be ‘acation-vay’), you have ‘vacate’ and ‘tion.’ Maybe ‘tion’ is pronounced ‘shun.’ Vacate and… Read More ›
The Kreativ Blogger and Versatile Blogger Awards
There is a whole lot of awards going on, and lucky for me I can join the ranks though a very kind, and unexpected, nomination for The Kreativ Blogger and The Versatile Blogger awards. The friendly tip of the cap… Read More ›
Snow Way Out
Snow Way Out (photo:eD) Snow, snow, go away Please come back another day Maybe come back on Monday So I can say no to work that day I hummed this sweat little tune to myself on Saturday night. I’m now… Read More ›
Train of Thought
I’ve meant to write about the man on the train to York. I just haven’t. I’m not even sure I will, at least the way I have imagined crafting the images and voices I replay in my head. Maybe, for… Read More ›
Vanity, Definitely my Favorite Shin
I remember when I used to fold my Jimmy Z’s into a neat line, with a raised knot, right above obnoxiously thick white socks. You know, it was the 80’s and “the fold” plagued playgrounds from one valley to the… Read More ›
Muddy the Waters
I’m afraid that, more often than not, there is simply no answer to the questions that break curiosity and surface in my conscious mind. This is particulary true when life throws one of its curve balls: so damn perdictable, so… Read More ›
Razzled Runt
When I want to be a kid again I go to the movies and fill up a plastic bag with candy. You know the kind, the stuff you pay for by-the-pound. The options are exhilarating. I lick my lips and… Read More ›
It’s My Gift and I Ferment It
It’s been a while. It’s not you, it’s me. Life gets in the way, sometimes. And when your blog is about life, well it is a little confusing. I am confused, are you? Speaking of being confused, the act of… Read More ›
eternal Domnation 