Meditations in Portland
I was in Portland, Or, recently to visit my best friend and new baby. Portland was so wonderful this trip. The atmosphere here feels, and pulls at me, much stronger than it has before.I’ve been saying it for years, that I knew I was going to move back here…you know, “someday”—“someday” (what is it about that word that we love so much?)... [Read more...]
It gets me through the nights..
you know those nights I’m talking about. Those long, looong, LONG nights, when your restless mind just won’t let you keep your date with the Sandman. Or your restless heart won’t even let your uneasy mind take over, just for a break. So, on those nights, I try a series of different tricks to help ease the jitter-bugs, soothe the savage... [Read more...]
Tom Robbins-how he warms my cockles so
Tom Robbins has been the guiding force of my literary imagination for as long as back as I can reme…..well, to be specific I was 19. I can’t recall how I came by a copy of Another Roadside Attraction, but I did, and it blew my tiny mind, to put it mildly. It was then, and remains now, the oldest, most worn out, rattiest, cover duct-taped,... [Read more...]
Imagination does not Exist-Hafiz
You should come close to me tonight wayfarer for I will be celebrating you your beauty still causes me madness keeps the neighbours complaining when I start shouting in the middle of the night because I cant bear all this joy I will be giving birth to suns I will be holding forests upside down gently shaking soft animals from trees and burrows into... [Read more...]
Um, better late than never? Happy Anniversary, MLP!
Wow, where on earth is Promise, eh? I haven’t been back, really back in the saddle of writing since early December. I probably shouldn’t tell you that, as you may not have noticed the HUUUGGEE gap (gulp) but since I missed my own damn anniversary, I thought I should get down on bended knees and freeakin APOLOGIZE. BABY, I’m sorry!... [Read more...]
