All my clever words are running out on me there they go like grains of sand out to the sea or in an hourglass to the globe below I watch them fall away those clever words those clever biting words we say when we want to score off somebody to show we’re smart to show we’re… Continue reading Clever words
Hello Beautiful
Hello Beautiful, shining from the inside. With a heart like the face of Hedy Lamarr. By the kindly words you speak and the loving things you do you refresh, you comfort, you encourage. Such is the beauty that you choose.
Campfire Creepers: My Friends Head.
Editor’s note: A scenario in several parts to add to that pastime of telling scary stories around a campfire, or wherever friends and family gather. Which part will you play? Uncle Charlie? Bonita, or one of her cousins? How about one of the Mysterious voices? Are you brave enough to take the role of Joe? Enjoy. … Continue reading Campfire Creepers: My Friends Head.
A weird tattoo
Hot summer sun beating on your skin brings beads of moisture while within it’s beating out some weird tattoo. What’s that on your thigh, a butterfly? Pardon me, not that kind of tattoo, but the percussion kind; about which Jerome Kern knew and so Fred Astaire crooned to Ginger Rogers in Swing Time too. Where I… Continue reading A weird tattoo
Judge acquits drunk driver who identified as sober
Sur Real, CA, May 11 2016 Conway “Con”F. Used was acquitted today of drunk driving and related charges by convincing Judge Roy Preen that at the time of his arrest he identified as sober. Prosecutors had already testified and produced evidence that Used’s blood alcohol content was well over the legal limit, and that he had failed… Continue reading Judge acquits drunk driver who identified as sober
Works of friendship and comfort (also from my youth)
See you soon, my laughing balloon. You are as buoyant to me as a sea of tranquility and your bright eye reflects a better me than I had ever hoped to be.
Fake News: American fascist attempts to destroy Western Civilization
Among the many gigantic figures of human history, few are more known and reviled than the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party during World War Two. While his actions and policies continue to draw condemnation from around the world today, this may overshadow the fact that many of the technological and military advances… Continue reading Fake News: American fascist attempts to destroy Western Civilization
Good Word (A Word of Encouragement)
How beautiful is a word of encouragement: a soothing sound to a distressed spirit; a refreshing draught of living water to a mind parched and weary from rancor, tumult, and vitriol. So goes the world. As for me, I will lift you up as far as I am able. I will choose a good word… Continue reading Good Word (A Word of Encouragement)
Good Fruit
The immediate inspiration for this piece came from a teaching I heard yesterday on the radio by Dr. Michael Youssef (ltw.org) As I worked on the piece throughout the day and evening, I heard another of my favorite teachers, Dr. R.C. Sproul (Ligonier.org) on the radio reading his children’s story, The Lightlings, which led to the… Continue reading Good Fruit
works of alienation and angst (from my youth) part3
The desire to regenerate. To cast off our old self: Old mistakes. Old failures. Old scars. There seems to be a new, better self waiting to be born, if only we could shed this old skin. This work ends in disappointment, not because the rebirth cannot be done, but because it cannot be done separate from the love… Continue reading works of alienation and angst (from my youth) part3