Change is Nothing

Since all of life is change, and all of change is life it sometimes turns out to be invisible for those of us looking for change. Change isn’t everything it is made out to be. It consists often of defining moments. Some of our moments we place in affirmation, some in the negatory column… […]

Change of Heart So Long Liz Taylor…

Be still my beating heart. The world is a grand fantastic romance. It might be you shelved the romantic thing. Maybe instead you decided enough of that. It isn’t necessary to write about relationship to write fiction, but of the kind of three dimensional characters I am interested in exploring it is a fundamental. With […]

Pheromonal Changes…

A Tom turkey in full breeding plumage displayed his glorious stuff yesterday in the neighborhood. The turquoise blue head, the waddle, the fanned tail all naturally acquired by the spring shifting tide of chemically induced involuntary transformation. And then there is man, the fabulous homo-erectus. We stand before the mirror. Leave unfastened one perhaps two […]

Changing the Change

“There is a twisting four-mile road from the village of Los Osos to Montaña De Oro near San Luis Obispo, California. It winds one lane wide hrough a grove of eucalyptus trees before breaking out upon a clearing of windswept grassy hills, and then comes to a primitive wood bridge spanning a small creek that […]

Never Change, Always Remain the Same

“Noel walked off into the darkness with Jasper, back toward the van. He walked with a weave; the pot and brandy had put a wiggle in his wandering and a wonder in his imagination.” Highway Home I enjoy seeing a character in a story forced to change. I like to see unmarried singles fall in […]

Fake Change

“The sand was cheerful and white beneath the evening’s muted glow. A few other people were scattered along the edge of the water. A long gleaming light of a quarter moon shimmered off the water. Venus was low on the horizon, big and bright. The sky was overdone, a steady constant glow surrounded by flickering […]

Weather to Change Course

Noel spoke to June, soft enough so she could make out what he was saying, “Been a best day for me too.” June smiled tenderly, and glanced up into Noel’s eyes for a brief moment. She patted him on his leg. “Never know what a day will bring.” Highway Home As they say a […]

Step Ball Change

“Right now, but one day, when the dust settles, and you get your head screwed back on, and your feet are touching the ground, you’ll wake up and maybe I’ll just be a woman, not amazing, not beautiful, not anything special, just a woman.” Highway Home You don’t want to get caught on the wrong […]

I Don’t Have to Show You No Stinkin’ Changes…

Version 1982 Bernal Heights, San Francisco “He looked over his face in the mirror, checking his shave by running his hand across his cheek, chin, and neck. Then he took out his toothbrush and buffed up that wide grin of his. In-between strokes he kept practicing his smile.” Noel Sanderson from Highway Home I […]

Ain’t Nothing Changed…

“Bingo brother, and you just watch yourself ’cause you can turn one year into ten just like that.” Crow snapped his fingers. “I swallowed a decade in the blink of an eye.” “That’s a long drift, man, a long time.” Highway Home Momentum comes in every size and every color. You get […]