Personal reflections on my life and experiences.
This afternoon, I went to go see the new film starring Denzel Washington called “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” Not to give too much away of the movie, the film’s story is about a lawyer who, having spent 30 years in the background doing most of the research for his partner’s appearances as a public...
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Last night, at the conclusion of Thanksgiving evening and an enjoyable evening with family when I was gathering my things to leave my parents’ house, my mom reminded me that my old trumpet was waiting for me in the entry way. My old trumpet. In some ways, it was the family trumpet. My brother...
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I’m gonna live in a big white house With a big backyard and a picket fence And I’m gonna have a beautiful wife ‘Cause I’m gonna live the perfect life No, not for me… I say oh no- it’s not for me… No, not for me… I say oh no- it’s not for me…...
Read more →When Elmer Perch was seven, he and his good ole uncle with a dagger heart forearm tattoo went for a backcountry drive, and then a walk, and his Uncle Lemmie challenged him to a stick throwing contest. Uncle Lemmie was a giant man with a large beer belly, but when he was younger, Lemmie...
Read more →I’ve had a pretty good run, as far as my teeth go. I don’t think I had my first recognized cavity until I was 45. I had a first filling go in at the time. Two years later, I had another cavity discovered and filled. Earlier this year, a rear molar went off on...
Read more →Sunday was a Shutdown Day. I just didn’t want to do much today. but the day still went fine enough. In a random act of self-healing, I for some reason depressed the water dispenser lever in the refrigerator door to see if it was working this afternoon, and to my surprise, a decent stream...
Read more →It’s an odd anxiety. It was probably exacerbated by the story about that actor guy it happened to a few years back. For whatever reason, I often drive somewhere, park, and then get out of my truck and begin to walk away- and then I have to turn around and look and make sure...
Read more →Tonight, I was grateful to go to dinner with my nephew Brett, to just hang out and to catch up. As we left from his house, I asked him where he wanted to go. Somehow we decided on Greek food- neither of us ate much of it other wise. We ended up going to...
Read more →We’re rolling into the holiday season. I mean, the Christmas decorations are already out at popular retailers. One local radio station leapt straight to all-Christmas songs all of the time shortly after Halloween was marked off of the calendar. It’s a short sprint into the end of the year. Thanksgiving will be here soon,...
Read more →“To write better you must develop your taste for truth. You have to pay more attention to what you really think, feel, see and want.” ― Jonathan Price, Put That in Writing In a state of frustration, she threw the giant question at me. “Who is good?” We had been talking about people and...
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I wasn’t sure what my day would look like this morning, but it became a rich one. Following breakfast and an enjoyable time at church (sermon point: give to bless loved ones in your life, not out of obligation), I visited the Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery right next to my neighborhood, chiefly to...
Read more →Today I got a call from my folks around 4:00 to join them and my nephew Grant at Blake’s Lotaburger for dinner. It was a welcome request, because I had not ate anything worthwhile all day until I joined them for dinner. Grant loves Blake’s like I and my folks do, so it was...
Read more →It was a pretty normal quiet Friday today. I did not get up early to write, though. I am kind of faltering at that right now. My mind feels chronically empty. Since baseball season ended, I told myself I would use my time better in the evenings. So far, I think I have watched...
Read more →Sometimes, one of the kindest sounds is the tinnitus within my ears which rings above the silent still of being home, reminding me that solitude is a thin decibal count.
Read more →A friend and I were talking today about the wonders of this modern world we live, which included a detour in which he celebrated the marvel of online dating. I am not familiar with online dating, but he shared with me about some of his experiences. Included in his reflections was his noting how...
Read more →I’ve mentioned Steven Pressfield before. Not only is he the author of a few notably good tales (including Gates of Fire and The Legend of Bagger Vance), but he is also a writer who has written about writing and being a writer. He wrote those latter books to try and help budding writers to...
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