I want your donut, as long as it's free
This happened back on Sunday, April 6. That morning, like we do most Sunday mornings, we took the dog out for a walk for a couple of hours. On our way back to the house, █████ developed...
CoffeeA collection of 8 posts
Not last night but the night before
Occasionally I have vivid nightmares that leave me afraid to go back to sleep. (Probably PTSD from the LDS years.) The night before last, I had the worst I'd had in some time. It...
Mythical figures and other childhood illusions
I just saw the Dairy Fairy. I know! Can you believe it? The Dairy Fairy is the name █████ coined for the mythical figure who comes in the night and leaves milk, cream, eggs, and other assorted...
The re-up
I guess I've watched way too many episodes of The Wire lately, and read too much Richard Price. Now, every time I go to the kitchen to refill my coffee mug I think of...
Short takes
A big cookie lies pulverized in a tight accretion disc in the bus lane of Madison Avenue. Two black (soot-stained?) pigeons peck away at the unbelievable bonanza. Peck peck hop peck. Cars are coming. A gray...
Greg van Eekhout is my role model
I am sitting in a comfy chair in my local non-Starbucks coffee joint, laptop on lap top, having just finished a grande skim latte and a fresh draft of the afterword for my chapbook. Ben Folds...