Traveling Through The Weirdness That's My Life
My baby girl is getting married today. For her and her beau, it’s a day of joy and celebration. It would be for me, too, except for the fact that I have been told I would not be welcome there. My future son-in-law’s parents are conservative and Christian. Rather than offend their sensibilities, since I…
11:30 a.m. Wednesday The power went out at my house 20 minutes ago. No real surprise, since we’re under a high wind warning and gusts up 70 mph/112 kph are in the forecast. After going through the house and unplugging all my electronics, I sat down to chronicle the experience… …and immediately ran into problems:…
ephemeral adjective: 1. lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory: the ephemeral joys of childhood.2. lasting but one day: an ephemeral flower. noun:3. anything short-lived, as certain insects. To which I would add:4. photographs. The transient nature of photographs Digital photography has come a long way since I bought my first digital camera. That was…
Or, Yet Another Story Telling You How to Write Stories There. I’ve gone and admitted it: I’m a curmudgeon. Definition of curmudgeon 1: a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man 2 archaic : miser — curmudgeonliness play \(ˌ)kər-ˈmə-jən-lē-nəs\ noun — curmudgeonly play \(ˌ)kər-ˈmə-jən-lē\ adjective Merriam-Webster.com But here’s the thing: I’m 68 years old and…
“The time has come,” the Walrus said,“To talk of many things:Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax —Of cabbages — and kings —And why the sea is boiling hot —And whether pigs have wings.”—The Walrus and the Carpenter, Lewis Carroll To which I would add “And to ask myself why the fuck am I…