“I celebrate myself, and sing myself,” my friend Dave wrote at the head of his birthday invitation. Karaoke, wilds of Brooklyn, at a place that was decidedly un-hip. The Carriage House. Sounded more like a place to get married — and how wild could the wilds of Brooklyn be if we were still talking Park […]
Stella visited an island and went kayaking on the sea.
She saw a white heron hiding in the trees
And a sunken house with many seabirds.
The water was shallow and matted with sea grass.
A sea hare lived in the water.
He inked Stella’s hands.
A sea urchin crawled across her palm.
She kayaked into the mangrove swamps
and met a small […]
1. Out Of The Silence (Came A Song) - Porter Wagoner
2. Listen To The Radio - Nanci Griffith
3. You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere - The Byrds
4. Don’t Come Home A Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind) - Loretta Lynn
5. Sin City - The Flying Burrito Brothers
6. Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley
7. Albuquerque - Neil […]
I recently received the following chain email.
You stay up for 16 hours
He stays up for days on end.
You take a warm shower to help you wake up.
He goes days or weeks without running water.
You complain of a “headache”, and call in sick.
He gets shot at as others are hit, and keeps moving forward.
You put on […]
I heard that kids these days have started using their computers for crazy purposes, like making music and setting it to video. It turns out that with a bit of software and a few spare hours, I, too, can make my own movies, which I then can upload to YouTube for the whole world to […]