Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
- William BlakeBehind the Locked Door
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Three Very Short Stories
Butter Once when I was cooking I ran out of butter so I put things on hold and told Skip who was in the coffee shop to hang for a few and I walked the long block up to Mendosas. When I passed the barber shop Mitch came out as asked where I was going in such a hurry...
La Cucaracha
There are seven reasons why God doesn’t give a shit about us.First off we’re just lumps of mud he played with once when he was bored of being God.The six other reasons are, wellMaybe not sixBut some for sure.Like cockroachesIf you see one there are lots more lurking...
The House
A house sprouts up amidst fir, redwoods, oak and a few bohemian misfits like cedar and manzanita. It speaks the language of the forest but it takes a geometric form that is alien to trees. It is autumn, the time of albacore, huckleberries and apples.“What are you?”...
Red Elephants Blue Donkeys
Election Day, November 5th, looms ahead. Some fear armageddon. Others look forward to a golden age. Voters are divided into teams. We view the future through different colored glasses, red or blue, and we choose an elephant or a donkey for our mascot.Path dependence...
Owl
A barn owl lives in a snag in the redwood forest outside my bedroom window. His screeches keep me awake at night. I toss and turn in the darkness. My wandering thoughts coalesce into a dream as sleep takes me without warning or notice. My dreams are calm and clear, I...
America The Complicated
Is America great?When asked, the majority of poll respondents were split between two answers: “yes” (46 percent) and “it’s complicated” (48 percent).“America has always been great for some but not for all.”“America is not great but has the potential to be. We have...
Blog Post Index
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Change
The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Change can be difficult but it is inevitable. Think of yourself. You are constantly changing whether you know it or...
Honest Don : Insult Politics
We all know Donald Trump loves nicknames. Who could forget "Crooked Hillary," "Sleepy Joe," "Pocahontas," "Lyin' Ted," and "Little Marco?" He even gave himself the humble nickname "Honest Don." He prefers nicknames with fewer syllables because they are easier (for...
Smile
How to get through a political season that's likely to be mean and nasty? Smile. Even a writer as serious as Borges knows this. Borges’ peculiar sense of humor led him to make remarks that, intended in jest, today would be considered politically incorrect. On his...
Lost Chapter to my novel Behind The Locked Door
For those of you who read my novel Behind the Locked Door and enjoyed it, thank you. I posted an additional chapter on my website you can read at the link below. To understand the additional chapter you must have read my book. My “lost chapter” is based on a strange...
The Importance of Being Lucky
“[The Importance of Being Earnest] is exquisitely trivial, a delicate bubble of fancy, and it has its philosophy…That we should treat all the trivial things of life very seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality.” Oscar Wilde...