Snoozin’ On The Deck
If you have never seen the movie "Turner & Hooch," you may not "get" this reference, but I am presently in the midst of a writer's crisis, which is to say that there's something...
A Hermit Battery Recharge
I honestly can't say for sure why it is that I am drawn to bodies of water. Though not much of a believer in the whole Astrology thing, the fact that I am a...
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...
A Blind Old Guy Walks Into A Bar…
...sits down and orders a shot of Jack and whatever cheap beer they have on tap. Dispensing with Jack, he takes a baby sip of the beer to rinse the palate and, like he...
The Company We Keep
Technically, an essay worth its salt starts with an introductory paragraph intended to set the general tone for what follows in the body of the work. Admittedly a mere amateur at this craft (an...
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...
The Coronapocalyptic Incursion On Furtive Living
I have always been a big fan of the word "furtive." For one thing, it just sounds cool. For another, its definition is related to the idea of being secretive about doing something that,...
Her Name Is Beatrice
Since the dawn of humankind, certainly, no later than when we started praying to Gods (Sun, Moon, Stars, and so on), we have given these things names. 300,000 years later, more or less, there...
At Odds With Human Nature
Serious question: Have you ever written something and gone back a very long time later (looking for a specific pull quote) to reuse it in new content and thought to yourself, "damn... That was...
If I’d Written A COVID Diary
The lede would have been, "Day 1: Dear Diary, what in the actual fuck?" While my brain was catching some z's last night, filing away random shit that will come back to visit me...
