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Five Debut Novels You Should Read Right Now Or I’ll Come To Your House And Wear Your Slippers And Eat Your Food And Read Them To You 31 Jul 2013 | 10:31 pm
No time for blogging; it’s all been said, and better, anyway. Trayvon this. Baby George that. BlogHer blah blah blah. Me? I’ve been reading, you see. Making good on my New Year’s resolution to r...
Second 3 Mar 2013 | 07:41 pm
I finally found him, sitting the fifth row of the bleachers, digging through his duffel bag for a Clementine to munch. Orange fuel, peel and all, for the big match to come. Three previous, early-morni...
Interesting Is As Interesting Does 3 Oct 2012 | 10:20 pm
So, I’m back to blogging. Writing for me, long form. And sharing it with those of you who make it a habit to stop by or just pop in occasionally. It’s been fun, sitting down and just pecking away. ...
FTW 2 Oct 2012 | 03:36 am
WTF – September, 1983 I’d never worn cleats before. Pads either. Or those goofy pants that ride just below the knee and squeeze your junk. But there I stood, on the practice field of Kokomo High Sc...
Enjoy the Silence 30 Sep 2012 | 09:18 am
My father-in-law was my friend. When we’d get together, two or three times a year, here’s how it would go: Two lawn chairs. Or a rickety, rusted swing. Maybe a beer or three. We would begin with t...
Are We Friends? 29 Sep 2012 | 06:10 pm
Facebook tells me so. On Twitter or Instagram, we just follow each other. Look at and like pictures we take of the food we eat or the moon we see or of our friends that are near, or have a quickie r...
fell at the hands of those movements that I wouldn’t see 26 Sep 2012 | 09:37 pm
About yesterday. Her name was Hope. What a cool name, fitting for such a child as her. I can’t recall the ailment she carried, but it kept her from growing. Or perhaps it was the one that made her...
you were the light and the way they’ll only read about 25 Sep 2012 | 08:08 pm
I remember you more than you were. Does that make sense? Three years, tops. Fighting something that kept you from maturing. The back and forth between well and not so. The attitude mostly. How y...
could i have been a parking lot attendant 21 Sep 2012 | 10:37 pm
What if . . . the ice cream thing isn’t fun anymore, never mind the ninety nine percent of the time it isn’t a torturous way to spend twelve hours of my limited life span and helps pay the minimum bal...
the jester and the harbinger of doom 21 Sep 2012 | 08:09 pm
So I’m chatting with Neil Kramer last evening and we got to talking, as we generally do, about blogging. Why do we do it? Is there a point to it anymore? When you’re not in it for the money or the boo...
