Sunday, November 10, 2024

The Playhouse

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I recently suggested that, after investing so much focus and energy over the past year or so in getting my latest nonfiction published, once that project was finished, I would spend the winter with...

Perspectives

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I could have written this in my socio-political newsletter, the newsletter dedicated to my father's memory, or even made it an Alice diary entry; an image (like a song) can set the tone of...

Precious Gifts

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Of course, she'd kill me if she knew in advance that I was going to write this (which is why I didn't tell her in advance), but I went out to dinner with her last night, along with...

Cigarettes After…

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Don't let the title of this piece mislead you. Interestingly, during this morning's routine, which is, by the grace of God, almost getting back to normal, I decided it was time to start transitioning...

Advice From My Life Coach

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Some of you peeps might have noticed that things have been a bit quiet around here lately, but I can assure you that the only "quiet" things going on behind this keyboard and mouse...

The Best “Happy-ness” Comes When You’re Not Looking

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... the third in this case being whatever writing the other two will allow him time to focus on] This is probably a rhetorical question, but have any of you ever been so consumed with...

A Half-Day Hermit Furlough

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As of this writing, I have been effectively housebound for the last two and a half months. Having spent the last ten years happily living a self-induced Hermit life, preserving a comfortable 100-yard socially...

Resistence Is Futile

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In the modern vernacular, it can be fairly said that I grew up in a hoarder's home. Not only am I not ashamed of that, but I am actually quite proud of it; when...

Triggers & Introspections

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What follows is not about me but about readers, writers, and lovers of the craft. My morning routine of scrolling through the work of others, with my 100-hour incredibly eclectic and wildly random genre...

Never Underestimate “Old Top”

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Shit Talkin' is an acquired skill; everybody does it, but only the best of us can do it well enough that the target never forgets what was said to them at their own expense....