Flight

This is a story I started writing a while back, and haven’t worked on in over a year. I spend so much time trying to write and edit my stories, and sometimes they take on this monstrous life of their own and haunt my sleep. I almost never share my work, but this one seemed […]

My walk yesterday

I took a walk yesterday, in the morning, and, yes, it was freezing cold. Strangely, I ran into a couple people I know, and of course the topic of the election the night before came up. All right, before I go too much further, I will apologize ahead of time for any statements in here […]

A Conversation Over Brunch

Tam and I are in Tucson. It is not one of our favorite places, and it really lacks the warm salty ocean and a beach, but we are here helping her family through some big changes. Tam was here for a month, and I just got here after finishing all of the to-do lists for […]

Gone

A man I knew died last night: I wish I knew him better, I didn’t truly know him my whole life. He didn’t die well: I don’t believe It was the death he would have chosen, like his life. He died quietly and alone: He did not take the spectacular hero’s demise in flaming glory. […]

Gonna try something new here

I am going to start a new category in this blog. I want to experiment with some different writing. I have long thought that I would like to start writing some short stories, and some other strange types of projects, but haven’t had the time. Well, now I am mostly retired and I have some […]