A Beached Hermit
As I write this, the temperatures outside hover in the 20s and 30s and the ground is covered with a thin layer of snow and ice.
Warmed By Frozen Silence
It is true what they say about some of your senses getting better after one or more of the others is compromised in some way. This has certainly been true in my case; as...
A Lovely Ride
All my life, I have been a "quotes" guy. What I mean by that is that whenever I come across just the right combination of words, they stick in my head and stay with...
Body Of Work
I thought about writing an autobiography once. I had a good chuckle with myself, thinking it was not only a self-indulgent vanity to think anyone would care about my life story while, on the...
The Best Voices Are The Ones In Your Head
I know, I know... I have issues; obviously, any shrink worth their salt would dispatch a gaggle of white-jacketed thugs to your address to re-home you in a cozy little room with padding...
Writing: An Enigmatic Paradox
Of the many words I am deeply fond of, there are two in particular that give me pause every time I come across them. The word "Paradox" (a self-contradiction that may turn out to...
Evolution Of A Nobody Writer – Part II
Google first appeared in late 1998. A decade or so after they opened their doors, an old friend told me that their very existence had lowered the global IQ by at least 10 points,...
Cross-Species Teambuilding
This is not a puppy story; now that Miss Alice has her own account, email address, and identity, she is hard at work on her next diary. It is a Hermit Chronicle derived partly...
The Straight Path Of Of The Circle
Don't you love self-contradictory expressions? I have publicly said several times that I have had a lifelong fascination with words and letters. All the ways they can be put together or scrambled about, like...
Paperboy Prattle
I think I have made it clear that I am not a morning person, not terribly fond of the entire human race until I've had coffee, and... Like the Reese's commercials... "Not sorry."I happily...
