Welcome Back to the Almanack
I’m going to try to give this blog another spin. It’s been a while since I wrote here, and some significant stuff has happened. I got married to a wonderful woman, Taya Hall We signed up …
My Next Challenge
I’m relieved that National Bike Month is May rather than January.
The Complex Life
My life grows complex in small, simple increments.
Quality Standards
Never eat at a restaurant that doesn’t have soap in the restroom. Never drink in a bar that doesn’t have a back door. Never shop in a grocery store that doesn’t sell produce. Never …
Reply All
The little e-mail meant for human resources was accidentally copied to the entire company. “This was sent to me in error,” the first respondent said, choosing reply all. “I …
Fragment
Neural enhancement drugs, like steroids and plastic surgery, threaten what we know as normal. Predominantly white males, Northeastern Universities, fraternity members experimenting
Mt. Rainier
No other mountain, I believe, Has the same astonishing power To disappear and reappear at will.
The Voice
When my wife died, a voice in my head comforted me, saying, “She won’t have to endure what is to come.” I wonder now if that was a message, or my own crazy response to grief.
The Difficulty of Noticing
My poem takes time, It grows from a moment, an image, a phrase. It drafts and redrafts on the page. It grows and is pruned back. It opens me up and I so often wish to remain closed.
Hey You Know You Guys
For the man on the corner “Hey you know you guys are just two paychecks, maybe three, away from being homeless just like me.”