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  • Flash Fiction Friday: Forging Something New

    Flash Fiction Friday: Forging Something New

    You know how a young group of friends have one stable couple while the rest of the gang fall in and out with a procession of lovers? We were that couple. I don’t know if stable is the best word to describe us. There was a lot of volatility and even spasms of violence. We… Read more

  • Heaven and Earth

    Heaven and Earth

    This has been another hard week for America. In case anyone wondered if this administration and its lackeys could sink any lower, now you know. I wrote a new song this week. I will record it this year. For obvious reasons, it’s called Heaven and Earth. HEAVEN AND EARTHHEAVEN AND EARTHSEE WHAT YOU’RE DOINGAND KNOW… Read more

  • the soft morning

    the soft morning

    It was a soft morning, before I could speak. I could hear well enough, and I knew how to say words, but none of them were the right ones. It was snowing. Maybe that’s what made it a soft morning. That was definitely part of it, that “freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.” But there… Read more

  • Athletes and Artists

    Athletes and Artists

    I went to see Bernie Williams at Carnegie Hall last week. It was strange to hear such accomplished musicianship coming from a man who won a batting title as centerfielder for the Yankees. But the more I thought about it the less strange it seemed. Athletes and artists have a lot in common. Both know… Read more

  • an immaterial ethereal man

    an immaterial ethereal man

    I am an immaterial ethereal manPeople pass through me and don’t even noticeI am as substantial as a breathor heartbeatI am as alive as my thoughtsI am at home outside this universeI am lost nowhereI am never aloneI am on firea puff of smokedissolvingI was there when the sun started shiningI will be there when… Read more

  • The first step

    The first step in any recording project is untangling a bunch of wires. Read more