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May 23, 20211 min read

Writer's Block #2

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...

Apr 21, 20214 min read

Why Lyrics Matter

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

Apr 14, 20211 min read

Hamster Balls?

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. . ....

Feb 24, 20213 min read

Free Will?

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...

Feb 15, 20211 min read

Tree-Hugging #2

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...

Feb 2, 20211 min read

Tree-Hugging #1

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

Jan 25, 20211 min read

Tree Poem

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...

Nov 24, 20201 min read

Marc Maron Finally Heard Me!

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

Nov 8, 20201 min read

Higher Power

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...

Oct 31, 20201 min read

Night on Bald Mountain

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

Oct 23, 20202 min read

“Hustlers of the World, There Is One Mark You Cannot Beat: The Mark Inside.” - William Burroughs

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...

Oct 13, 20201 min read

Biden and the 'Predators'

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

Oct 13, 20201 min read

What's New in Your Neighborhood?

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...