Four Can Openers
posted about 1 year ago, updated 23 minutes later | 6 comments
Forget A Tale of Two Cities, this is a tale of four can openers . . . and counting.
Three years ago, I relocated to New England, moving in with a friend, whose apartment was already stocked with basic necessities, including a can opener. I...
Three years ago, I relocated to New England, moving in with a friend, whose apartment was already stocked with basic necessities, including a can opener. I...
Valentine’s Day Reflections
posted about 1 year ago, updated about 1 hour later | 1 comment
Although I try not to rain on anyone else's celebration of the day, I am rather Bah, Humbug regarding February 14.
This was part of last year's greeting to my friend:
This was part of last year's greeting to my friend:
Time to Get Real?
posted over 2 years ago, updated about 2 hours later | 2 comments
On Thursday, a dear friend . . . both on- and offline . . . gave me a virtual gift. Previ...
Territory ... and ... The Meaning of Life
posted over 3 years ago, updated about 1 month later | 2 comments
I am not a religious person. But if I had to choose one, it would probably be Taoism. However, I view Taoism as more philosophy than religion. Although the Tao Te Ching, a book which beautifully expresses the Taoist perspective, has a few referenc...
Cracks
posted over 3 years ago, updated 2 months later | 2 comments
I live for moments
of what I call
“cracks in the Universe.”
These “cracks” are too-brief
glimpses into realities,
normally beyond range
of my five senses.
Unfortunately, the glimpses
are few and far-between,
leaving me with a tiny pile
of immense...
of what I call
“cracks in the Universe.”
These “cracks” are too-brief
glimpses into realities,
normally beyond range
of my five senses.
Unfortunately, the glimpses
are few and far-between,
leaving me with a tiny pile
of immense...
Be a Crow
posted over 3 years ago, updated 2 months later | 1 comment
In the early nineties, I lived in a rambling old house (a once-upon-a-time farmhouse) in Seattle, WA. I occupied the basement room, while the other four housemates each had a bedroom on the second floor. The main floor consisted of the shared livi...
Emptiness
posted over 3 years ago, updated 2 months later | 2 comments
One evening, maybe eight years ago, as I got into makeup for the night’s performance, a woman, new to theatre, helped me with my hair. “What do you like best about acting?” she asked.
“The emptiness,” I said, with but a moment’s hesitation.
She ...
“The emptiness,” I said, with but a moment’s hesitation.
She ...
IF TRUTH BE TOLD
posted over 3 years ago, updated 3 months later | 5 comments
Late in ‘88, early ‘89 — I awoke one morning with the start of a poem running through my head: I saw the beauty at my door — an elf . . . and water, clogged no more. “How neat,” I thought, coming to, “Maybe I should finish it.” A few scratchings l...
The Gift
posted over 3 years ago, updated 3 months later | 0 comments
Shutting down for the night,
all screen icons disappear,
leaving none but
The Gazer
behind.
For one brief moment,
she continues to peer
into her crystal ball,
illuminated from within,
‘til she . . . and it, too . . .
fade to black.
What a gift i...
all screen icons disappear,
leaving none but
The Gazer
behind.
For one brief moment,
she continues to peer
into her crystal ball,
illuminated from within,
‘til she . . . and it, too . . .
fade to black.
What a gift i...
GO!!!
posted over 3 years ago, updated 21 minutes later | 5 comments
It happened in December 1988. I’d been taking office-temp jobs, to supplement acting work, and had been driving toward a new assignment. The highway I was driving is a major thoroughfare, with two lanes in either direction, separated by a concrete...
