Bad Poetry Unfortunately, there's a lot of crappy poetry and sometimes we get stuck with it. But it can be hard to get rid of books. You...

From childhood to maybe my mid-thirties, I never paid attention to lyrics, even my favorite songs. I was embarrassed because I couldn't...

So I'm writing about hamster balls, I told my friend on the phone, and I'm really stressed out about it. [SILENCE] Oh! she said, Umm. . ....

I don't buy into it, not 100%. And yet, I believe a person can, with intention, change for the better. Moreover, I believe that people...

So, I've kept with my tree-hugging mission. Almost every day, I hug a tree in Frederick, Maryland where I live. Some days, I struggle to...

I've started hugging trees around my town for several reasons. Most importantly - I need hugs and COVID has created a scarcity of...

because they marked you to cut down later i don't know how to be with you my boundaries, rootless, flow so i take pain personally, but i...

Finally. WTF Episode 1176 with Michael J. Fox I wrote Maron two emails practically begging him to interview my childhood movie-star...

You must have a higher power. That's what they say anyway. We've all heard them, read their books, endured their podcasts. Meditate, take...

Mrs. Neff was my music teacher at Sante Fe Elementary in Independence, Missouri. She was a kind, elderly woman who loved music and us...

Marc Maron's WTF Episode 1167 with Patti Smith I was really jazzed by Marc's interview with one of my rock heroes, Patti Smith. They...

photo courtesy of NPR "We have predators on our streets that society has, in fact - in part because of its neglect - created. They are...

I feel like I'm at a campaign rally when I walk down my very left-leaning, middle-income, majority white, Baby boomer street. For about a...