Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs, Tractor Tavern, Ballard (Seattle), 30 December 2010 You’ve been to enough concerts, seen enough live bands to know, sometimes they’re strong from start to finish, sometimes they start slow and build, sometimes they just never quite sync. And sometimes, you can identify the exact moment when it all comes … Continue reading That’s what music can do
Happy xmas!
Dateline: 25 December 2010 Reuters news service reported early today that Time was stolen late last year. The shocking theft was uncovered in a Central Intelligence Agency memo posted on the infamous Wikileaks web site. The memo went on to document the U.S. government’s involvement in the cover up of the theft of Time. The … Continue reading Happy xmas!
A bell in a dream
Here's a piece I wrote at Sierra Nelson's workshop at the December Write-O-Rama at Hugo House, Seattle: Where can you find a bell that will ring in your dreams? - Pablo Neruda See, that’s funny, because it happened to me just the other night. I was dreaming about winter, snow and cold and trying to … Continue reading A bell in a dream
What makes a good day?
A walk with your old dog, without getting rained on. A trip to the local post shop, to send the last of your xmas packages off in the mail - to friends old and new. A chat with a friend across a nine-hour time difference, celebrating her daughter's fourth birthday. A great cup … Continue reading What makes a good day?
It was thirty years ago today: December 8, 1980
I remember that day. It was snowing pretty hard in my town, my mother had picked my sister and me up from some class or other and we'd driven back to the house in a steady snowfall. When we walked in the door, pulling off hats and gloves and shaking away the damp, my father … Continue reading It was thirty years ago today: December 8, 1980
You Jane: The NaNoWriMo Story
Ending posted! It's complete...as in complete mess! Happy reading, and happy December!! You can click here to read You Jane, the NaNoWriMo novel-in-a-month. Here's a synopsis: Jane and Charlie have been best friends since college. Charlie’s stuck in a less than happy marriage, and Jane’s at the bar again, drinking to try to stop the … Continue reading You Jane: The NaNoWriMo Story
We interrupt this novel: Tribute to Dave Niehaus
It is six thirty pm Wednesday, November 10, and we've known for a little more than an hour that Dave Niehaus, voice of the Seattle Mariners, passed away today. It seems a heart attack took him from his family, his friends, his colleagues, and his game. And from all of us who counted on his … Continue reading We interrupt this novel: Tribute to Dave Niehaus
Let the 50,000 word insanity begin – NaNoWriMo!
I've done something completely crazy, I'm afraid. I signed up for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), an online event where participants agree to write 50,000 words in one month, November 1-30. The result doesn't have to be any good, thank dog. It just has to be 50,000 words. That's not the crazy part. The first … Continue reading Let the 50,000 word insanity begin – NaNoWriMo!
Fearless hearts and great pumpkins
"To get through this life with any kind of self-respect at all, you need two things: an inquisitive mind, and a fearless heart." -Steve Earle. Like Linus waiting for the Great Pumpkin - Linus has a fearless heart, one that's been broken many times before, and he just comes back for more. You could call … Continue reading Fearless hearts and great pumpkins
Euro trip by the numbers
I've been back in Seattle nearly a full week. I've done half a dozen loads of laundry, cleaned the kitchen, walked my doggy, reminded the kitties that their feeding routine doesn't change just because I'm around, received some really nice welcome back greetings at the office, cleaned up the yard a bit, and slept … Continue reading Euro trip by the numbers
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