Mosquito Song: Dreams in Old San Juan, is my new short story now available for downloads in the Kindle store. The story takes place on the last day of summer in 2018. But it was born 14 years ago on a trip to Old San Juan from a strange dream, and then developed during the…
I’ve been finishing up a story that asks if we are awake or dreaming. Recently I read from the brilliant scientist author Oliver Sacks, “Waking consciousness is dreaming – but dreaming constrained by external reality.” Are we dreaming life?
How hopeless is backseat driving? The backseat driver is frustrated and the actual driver inevitably becomes annoyed. Now that I’m using subways and buses, it’s become an easier question to face. Bad idea, that backseat driving I used to do, definitely. Facing the backseat mentality that seeps into the way I speak, the way I react to the news, and…
Storytelling is great as long as you call it fiction, when it is. Is it truth or fiction? Is it news or a calculated lie? The question of fact or fiction can be a painful one for the storyteller in the family, and my family has been blessed with storytellers. I love to tell a…
I love to seek out poetry that helps me understand myself and my world, don’t you? I especially love poetry that gives me hope. Since I first heard 8-mile and his description of that one “chance of a life time” I’ve been a fan of rapper Eminem as a special kind of poet. He shares…
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