Monthly Archives: May 2019

Wearing his Sunday best he sits upright on his bed beside the open black dressing bag. His smooth girl’s hand gently strokes the razor shoehorn and cigarette case– the mirror long since removed. Picking up a brush he combs the … Continue reading →

After dinner and croquet we sat happy, content with ourselves, family and world in the grey backyard calm of twilight. The whoosh and cries came too sudden for knowing/ the stillness broken by necessity and Nature’s fact. The cedar shattered … Continue reading →

There is, of course, our dreams and plans–those imaginings in broad daylight of what might be or become. But then there are those larger nocturnal visions, narratives, and mental movies that pop up every so often. These come from our … Continue reading →

( a man from the 1920s lives long enough to see his 5th great grandchild in 2015.) in those people from the 1920s who were born post WW1 in the Roaring Twenties, who grew up in the Great Depression, who … Continue reading →

I realized that life was largely/basically a personal/subjective matter/frame/perspective. That curiosity and interests would continue to remain intact and only grow since there were infinite possibilities for consciousness and life-story. Expansions and epiphanies all the way. All that were really … Continue reading →

are familiar faces, stories, themes, and scripts. There is a sameness to all of it because of predictable patterns of human nature methinks.

13 years ahead of its time. 11 songs by Paul Simon with unique sonic landscapes by Brian Eno, recorded by Andy Smith, and mixed by Tchad Blake. No other Simon album sounds like this. The songs are very free in … Continue reading →

as reported and shown in the morning paper. A rare partridge Chukar showed up in our yard (above) last fall. Sighted in Calgary in 2016, too, apparently. The continuing story of…

in different and changing contexts. Adaptation skills, imagination, creativity, critical thinking skills, a willingness to accept, change, and let go are all necessary for survival and success. Recurringly so.

(On a whim to visit a Dollar Store, I found and bought this video classic on sale for $3, took it home and watched it only to realize and write about the amazing connections between the protagonist Willie Stark and … Continue reading →