Monthly Archives: May 2017

Paul Simon is a pretty talented guy but he is known in song on days to tell a lie. He sang, if you listen close, of solely three modi back in the hit, “Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover.” See, … Continue reading →

You go to the open mics, you sip from that chalice of communal art, and eventually you’re gonna find yourself in the company of a couple or three songs over and over (sigh…) and over again. You may like them … Continue reading →

The problems in the world grow greater every year. The times, they are a’changin’, I can state with all due fear. An idiot wind’s blowing in to the town today and I sometimes need to ask myself if there is … Continue reading →

Spitsbergen is Nordic, Norwegian, and warmer than other countries in similar latitudes, thanks to some midnight sun. It is the place where we protect our most important seeds in an impossibly strong fortress so that we never lose the means … Continue reading →

I got back to you as soon as I could. The moment that we got cut off I thought you’d had something important to tell me. But I got to a tunnel just then, and I didn’t hear the end … Continue reading →

I called Marcos to get the full story that he’d told me back in the day, how his AP History teacher had been Bob Dylan’s History teacher a couple or thirty years prior. I wanted Marcos to regale me with … Continue reading →

When you wake up take the drugs that give you the special strength to accomplish great things. It may be some time before they take full effect. Gird yourself in your best protection: engineer boots, leather mail and a sturdy … Continue reading →

When we take our clothes off please promise me that you won’t laugh. Tell me that you’ll be kind about what you see and remember that despite the scars and pocks and assorted abnormalities, there was something amongst it all … Continue reading →

You looked really pretty last night, which is, I know, something I should have said last night and not muttered like a Monday morning quarterback with the perfect hindsight and only ultimately an excellent way with words. I should have … Continue reading →

I really wanted to talk to you some more and I really wish I hadn’t left and I’m really sorry I lost the chance to spend more time with you. I regret how I messed things up – really. I … Continue reading →