As I’ve said in some recent post which I can’t be bothered to go looking for at the moment, this pandemic-stay-at-home thing has caught me woefully unprepared in terms of my to-read pile. Where I’ve normally had four or five […]
Month: April 2020
Word Wednesday Contraptions
After not writing much new poetry while I’ve been stuck in Revision Land, it’s been a veritable explosion of fresh material here! Okay, so it’s been a couple poems. But still! That’s something. Here’s one that I wrote yesterday. contraptions […]
Early Words
I know that it isn’t Word Wednesday, but I woke up to snow in Southern Maine on April 28 and a lack of motivation to write much besides and endless stream of cuss words and other “get off my lawn” […]
The Friday Five | April 24, 2020
Here’s a collection of some of the things from this week that I’ve enjoyed, been inspired by, want to share, or are grateful for. Hank Mobley. For some reason, I tripped across the Hank Mobley station on Pandora and it’s […]
TB87?
Even though I spend a bunch of time here on the blog talking about creativity, writing, and a bunch of other things, I think it’s time to a take a little break for some sportsball. After all, at one time, […]
Word Wednesday Gone To The Birds
Reaching back a bit for this one because I’ve been living in The Land of Revision as of late instead of writing new things. I’ll be glad to find some sort of an end to this project if only to […]
Getting Lucky In Ireland
About 17 years ago, a friend of mine called me somewhat out of the blue to say she was taking a trip to Ireland and asked if I’d like to go along. I’d been on a couple of trips there […]
A Monday Confession
For all my talk of morning routines and how vital they are, can I share a secret with you? I mean, we’ve been chatting for a bit now, so I feel comfortable doling out a little nugget of what’s really […]
The Friday Five | April 17, 2020
Here’s a collection of some of the things from this week that I’ve enjoyed, been inspired by, want to share, or are grateful for. Barenaked Ladies SelfieCamJam. Given how things are in the world these days, videos like this are […]
You Don’t Have To Be Shakespeare
There’s a notion going ’round that what with the lockdown / social distancing most of us are doing these days – when “Wash your hands!” and “Six feet apart” are the new “How ya doin’?” and “Good, you?” of our […]