April 23

Another month slipping into this year, and, sure, I am going to read numerous more books, maybe five, I am going to concentrate on drawing cards, and, well, lets make sure to eat three carrots or drink a large glass of water, before meals. 

Rye Lane
A thing to be appreciated is witty dialogue that appears to be light and frivolous but,...

Is this real enough
IRL, I am not sure I do anything much either in or out of real life.  Once you have...

Eggshell Pale
Eggs, sorry, I mean egg shells, like treading on eggshells.  What a silly saying,...

Oh doubter
Set those plans, make them bright and bold and then maybe, if you're lucky, you will...

For a bit
I guess the first thing about making a change is deciding to make a change.  But...

Where is my mind
I guess it would be silly to write a note about not being able to make a decision without...

Not much more
In Damascus there was a war, and the Damascus Station gave a reasonable, readable story...

Clever enough
And so the day is filled with small tasks making a minor difference, this is, of course,...

Forgotten
There are so many good books published every year, there are so many g9d stories to...

Grasp it
But now I seem to be dead already, perhaps I have a couple score remaining but this is...

Alone
When I was younger, young, even, I would get worked up by these little things, blow up,...

Loudest
So it is not about finding those clever, clever words that communicate an idea, a core...

Fix it
Fixing the problem can be quite tricky and take a lot of time and repetition (always the...

Happibliss
Without a reason, just for the hell of it.  Maybe I should find that hard rain, or...

To dream
Swish swosh, there was a time I struggled to fall asleep.  For weeks I found...

Ta da
Then there was a hard times, they are telling us again on the radio that this is a hard...

Full length
There is a story I wrote a few years back.  Full length.  It has quirky details...

Focal distance
Concentrate, to concentrate you must close your eyes and listen to your breath, in, out,...

Both sides
So thinking about it, I am sure I have noted it before but I cannot expect other people...

Higher baby
There will be a time when I wake in the morning with the openness to embrace the new day...

Young men
The edge of violence excites young men before they understand other forms of...

Bodega
After many guesses at what a bodega means to the folk of NY brought about by references...

Doing me
Closer, but still a forgetful slip of the imagination leaves me no more settled in my...

Play again
Allegiance, what is this weird thing?  I don't use the pronoun we when it comes...

Telling tales
What is it I want?  Is it that impossible thing I believed was my birthright, that...

May 23
A fitting way to start a new month is to take the next step, one foot in front of the...