Monthly Archives: December 2023

Whatever it could have been whatever it should have been it finally proved to be a good day. Potential realized this time.

My mother explains the final days of the big blue blanket I always carried in the glory days of my very youngest youth. “It started as a fluffy bouncy blue blanket,” she says, “And then became a ratty blue tattered … Continue reading →

As the Season progresses to its natural endgame and you check my letter for its necessary requests, please be aware that I require very little of you this year, kind sir and generous giver to an inestimable number of undeserving … Continue reading →

If I have one regret today it’s not hoarding more of the generic gifts I got for other people for myself at the end of the day. It was really poor planning. If I have two regrets today it’s not … Continue reading →

It is momentous, in its small way, as we lose Sunday service at the New York City libraries due to budget cuts. This is not just in the New York City libraries that are part of the New York City … Continue reading →

There is a big rock. If you look ahead you can see it. If you walk forward into the distance long enough you will get to it. It will take a while, surely and you will expend a great deal … Continue reading →

The pizza place on the corner has recently notified me that they will provide me an especially free slice of Sicilian pizza for my birthday if I have a pizza party at their place this year. Their place, I should … Continue reading →

It only occurs to me now that she came to my show. A show that I was really excited for her to see. Where she could see me in my element; me being free me acting foolishly me grinning happily … Continue reading →

The mouse that has for weeks been fucking with your shit is now at the bottom of your trash bin. He’s stuck there. You’ve got him right where you want him. What to do? You first think of torture. He’s … Continue reading →

I’m struggling a bit to remember what I said back when I went to the psychiatrist all those years ago trying to trick him into giving me meds. Whatever I said it seemed to work because he said “Yeah, you … Continue reading →