I don’t know George. Or, perhaps I should say, I didn’t know him. I’m not sure. He may have passed. We heard that his dog, who was always by his side, ran off, or got hit by a car, or got sick and died. And then we stopped seeing George. His place is a couple … [read more]
Writing
So, this is what it amounts to
May 25, 2024 I wish you a happy Memorial Day holiday on Monday. Memorial Day began around the time of the US Civil War and traditionally has focused on remembering fallen military members. With utmost respect for those soldiers, I have always been drawn to expand my remembrance on Memorial Day to include all my … [read more]
Happy birthday, Sandy
It’s Sandy’s birthday today. It’s a Tuesday and we both had work today and will again tomorrow and, we just came off a few days without power or screens. We’re getting over the tech withdrawal symptoms. So we won’t be letting the dogs out tonight, as the saying goes. Plus, we nod off by nine … [read more]
Time Lapse
Image: Mary Oakey The Boulder Weekly holds an annual 101-word fiction contest. Thousands of entries come in. I made the finalists list a couple times a few years ago. It’s good practice. Here’s a new one, that’s actually not fiction. Time lapse Walker packed for his Monday morning Munich flight by noon Sunday. It was … [read more]
Pardoning Saint Patrick
I’m a fourth generation Paddy. My great-grandparents came here in the last two decades of the nineteenth century, I am told from Cork, Ulster, and maybe some islands near Scotland, through Canada and Boston, then on to Colorado. I don’t feel Irish, nor do I have any particular affinity for Irishness. Or, at least … [read more]
Feeling my way along
February 28, 2024 I wrote this last week, wanting to dig down deeper and share something honest with you, something visceral and true. I read it now, and it feels like fiction, or someone else’s story. Clarity has returned today, self-doubt gone on hiatus. But last week it was like this: It’s dimmer now, the … [read more]
