It feels arrogant to consider myself a writer or an artist. At best, I’m a normal dude (though I initially, accidentally typed dud) who happens to write a little and has an appreciation for artistic endeavors. I say this because I’ve spent the morning (after breakfast and reading the news) on the sofa with a…
Category: Life
A SMALL DISCOVERY
While I ate my dinner of frozen pizza, fries, and broccoli, and after I checked the news on covid-19, I read a short article on 7 fiction books that change the way you think. I stopped short for a moment at number 5 – Ask the Dust by John Fante. Just a few days ago…
HEY (COVID) NINETEEN
Despite some of my efforts, I still spent a good bit of the day consumed by and consuming news on the pandemic. There is still the not-so-great feeling of facing these things alone. I’m not terribly worried for myself, but I also don’t have those close relationships that people rely on in times of stress…
PANIC (SORTA) AT THE GROCERY STORE
Even though I plan to be out of town for a bit, I needed to get things like cat food and some staples for when I get back (I’m out of bread and milk and eggs). Quite honestly the news on this virus has been all over the place, and I suspect we’ll end up…
LOVING A STONE
Tonight’s another one of those nights when my thoughts are all over the place and the temptation to resort to lists is high. I’ve been thinking about the whole job thing (old job and having to get a new job). I went for a walk after dinner. My walks are usually down Main Street and…
SIDDHARTHA AND THE RIVER
I’m a slow reader with a piss-poor attention span. I don’t really know how to skim, and I tend to like words too much to want to skim. I sometimes think I like poetry because it’s manageable. I’m a little more than half-way done reading Siddhartha – a book most people could read in a…
FROM DOGS TO GLASS ANIMALS
I hadn’t planned on starting this post with a video…. in fact the plan was to end with a live performance video of Glass Animals – since that’s who I’ll be seeing in Kentucky in June (ever the optimist of having someone to take with me, I bought two tickets). When I went to the…
LITTLE ROCK
In an effort to not let a slow Friday bleed in to Saturday, and partly because I didn’t leave the apartment yesterday, I took a road trip to Little Rock, Arkansas today. It’s about a two hour drive from Memphis – a straight shot west on Interstate 40. I passed through a lot of flat…
BIRTHDAY BONANZA
Today is a birthday bonanza. I know at least four people who have birthdays today – including my ex-wife. Facebook will remind me to send birthday wishes – I’m not always good at that and I usually ignore Facebook. Aside from the occasional social media “like,” I’m not really in contact with many or any…
UNDERSTANDING THE OTHER
I haven’t been posting much in the morning this week. There’s no real reason for this other than I haven’t been writing as much in the morning – or what I’ve been writing hasn’t been finished. I’ve been reading a little bit about how different writers work and what they consider to be good output….
BICKERING: PERIMENOPAUSE
How I feel at the moment is the opposite of flow (and no, that is not a period pun, I wrote the title after I wrote the blog post). I’ve been having a tough time communicating with my friend Lisa lately. It seems that she’s been distant for a little more than a week –…
MORE THAN ERROR, LESS THAN PROVIDENCE
Words have come and gone. I’ve felt quiet. The night has been long without music and drink – intentionally so. My habit, if I write or paint or read, has been to have a glass or two of wine to ease in to things. When I first moved to Memphis, I went out several nights…