Monthly Archives: November 2016

She was upset with me she said for not asking if she was all right at the top of my call. I assumed you’d be I said particularly after you proved perfectly capable of picking up the phone. She hung … Continue reading →

When we marry, beloved, let me be involved when selecting the wedding dress. I want to be there as we decide how to best show the world that you will be mine. It is vital that everyone invited and anyone … Continue reading →

I wake up grumbling remembering the darker images of the night as I fought with my subconscious and a rumbly tummy. I am haunted by yesterday’s meal and try to settle my upset stomach with leftovers. Black Friday. The remains … Continue reading →

I, for one, am thankful for the democratic republic in which I live and all the right and privileges bestowed upon me by choosing to be born in such a cool place. I am thankful to have stuffed myself well … Continue reading →

Mr. Fisher is dead. Dr. Baughman is dead. That old diner that you went to with the old crew on the good old weekends? The diner with the giant bucket in the back filled with cassettes for sale? It’s a … Continue reading →

Huh. Based on my initial assessment of the room I fully expected to have to do some combat poetry to keep the rubes in line. I anticipated some triage surgery to cut the wheat from the chaff and get the … Continue reading →

Theodora Empress of the Byzantines? Yeah, I knew her. When she lived with my friend she was such a bitch. One time she brought friends over even though it was a weeknight and my friend had to tell all of … Continue reading →

The woman at the table behind me is talking about the daughter she lost fifteen years ago when she was my age. “They kept her alive long enough for her grandparents to see her and to say goodbye. “She was … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking of the dead and what they’d make of the current events. A black in the White House? A woman as a secretary but GIVING orders? Fairies able to marry, adopt and enact their own distinct agendas? Self-flushing … Continue reading →

I would like to take a picture of the world as it stands to better remember it correctly. I think in the years to come it will be good to have a baseline with which to compare things. I want … Continue reading →