Hell on Wheels
Here in these days of global chaos, where some runt punk tyrant has taken to threatening nuclear conflagration,
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God’s Deli Tray of Delights
Like for example using marijuana, taking mushrooms, having a martini─ these are common sacraments─
Read More God’s Deli Tray of DelightsDon’t Look Down
Fat Cats unbolted the Schwinn Bicycle Factory and sent it lock, stock and barrel to China.
Read More Don’t Look DownMop Up of the Odd Item or Two
Liz Taylor hopping into the sack with Richard Burton seems as I recall having been a topic of watercooler gossip for most of a whole decade.
Read More Mop Up of the Odd Item or TwoSuisun Bay’s Flying Monkeys
Owl Harbor curves like a crescent moon in the delta off of the San Joaquin River. The entrance to the slough is landmarked by the scuttled remains of a tug and dredging crane abandoned decades ago. Boats vary in size and type. There are old motorboats, a newer 45’ ocean going catamaran. It wouldn’t be […]
Read More Suisun Bay’s Flying MonkeysQuarreling for a Water Fight
Irrigation water isn’t available in Southern Oregon this year. Klamath County’s farmers rolled the meteorological dice and won a drought. On the California side of the border on the easternmost edge of Siskiyou County matters are the same. Each state operates under a different set of rules, then you layer in the federal government and […]
Read More Quarreling for a Water Fightoperating manual to the future
Wyoming don’t you worry about coming in second place in the smear and fear game
Read More operating manual to the futureminding your own business
Man and Mind I tend to listen to my inner voice and believe every single word. I trust that voice. It’s my voice. I know that it is just a shameless mind speaking to me. Minds have no pride, they’ll say anything, and never stop talking to you even when they have nothing new to […]
Read More minding your own businessThe Bugs of the Sea of Cortez
Anchor holding in San Francisco off Bay View Boat Club. I spent the night on the hook. Here in 1980 I visited the club to attend a meeting of the Dinghy Cruising Association. The DCA trains sailors to cruise by dinghy. Sailing long distances, sleeping and eating aboard a 14’ sailboat requires considerable planning and […]
Read More The Bugs of the Sea of CortezTime Whispers
I am no longer at the intersection wondering how much further I have to go. The cast playing the Edmonton International Street Performer’s Festival needn’t say a word. Time whispers in my ear. Street theater is physical. The quickest wits, the sharpest reflexes, these gifts on loan from the gods are asking to be returned. […]
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