I just finished reading Cormac McCarthy’s “Cities Of The Plain”. That author is our modern day Hemmingway. I love closing the last page of a book with regret that the story no longer continues. I’ll never be as good a writer as that man. Many, I should say most writers don’t cause me to [...]
Namaste
A cold cross-breeze bounced my bathroom door within its jamb. The irregular rhythm woke me. I was plenty warm under my down comforter and debated leaving the womb for over ten minutes.
The shower head spit the day’s tasks at me, the list, the schedule, my worries. There had been no calls, no returned e-mails [...]
Hack Arena
Brunson would usually be the one to call out a game. I’m sure his son Zack will continue that tradition, maybe the winemaking as well. But Mike would just give an eyebrow, extending his thumb wide from the palm for a bro-handshake, his chin nodding towards the girl’s locker room. You knew a game was [...]
Nightshift
Sleep deprivation can work you as hard as a three day coke binge. My eyes burn, I forgot my lunch and don’t have a key card to exit the building. This show is just barely up and running so they have minimal snacks in the kitchen. But the Earl Grey tea will do just fine.
People [...]
The Buddha and Diamond Dave
On a huge soccer field under pools of fluorescent light we practiced ‘the art’. We started with a technique informally known as ‘human punching bag’. I was first, and as I received each blow I exhaled, pushing the pain out with all the bad chi. My jaw was tight and my eyes stayed with my [...]
Tuesday
Other than maybe Fat Tuesday in New Orleans, I can’t really say that I’ve ever heard anyone yell “I’m so stoked it’s Tuesday!”
Japan
I am writing on an old, Japanese Toshiba PC. The keys are all Japanese, and the internet on this thing is Japanese. I might be turning Japanese. My Mac’s in the shop and a Japanese woman loaned me this computer to tide me over…
One of my favorite writers is a good friend named Jayd in Portland, [...]