Archive For The “Here I Am” Category
My jaws are locked my dad’s unfrocked but do I really care? My mom’s a whore, my daughter more but am I really there? My dog is dead and though it’s said he died as brave as man, my only hope with which to cope, is leave this wretched land. Hof, Germany. March 2, 1969….
I really do see the good in people, and I don’t want to change that. That’s really how I view things, so sometimes I’ll look past a lot of huge red flags because I see something else in someone. Then, of course, it always comes back to haunt me in the long run. – Jennifer…
That hunger of the flesh, that longing for ease, that terror of incarceration, that insistence on tribal honour being obeyed: all of that exists, and it exists everywhere. – Ben Kingsley The Commissioner defeated a conservative Republican, who wasn’t right-wing enough. The defeated candidate remarked, “His name is Champion and he owns a gun store….
I called ahead and asked if Bay Village allowed guests to bring pets to visit residents. A chipper female voice was delighted by the idea. “Why we so enjoy when families bring their kitties and little dogs. Please do.” “Is there a weight limit?,” I asked keeping my own voice light. “Oh, no” was the…
Original title: Just Because I Like The Photo. There was no text until This morning when Ragnar and I were attacked by a pit bull terrier – I love them, too, just the truth. It was huge and muscular and white. And not slow. At 73 and badly arthritic, I have yet to master the…
Life lived in the absence of the psychedelic experience that primordial shamanism is based on is life trivialized, life denied, life enslaved to the ego. – Terence McKenna My buddy’s brother was a drug dealer and the elephant keeper at the Portland zoo, so my buddy’s brother was my buddy, too. I got no problem…
I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet – Mahatma Gandhi About the fourth anniversary of Trump’s escalator ride, 2019, I decided the best revenge was putting him out of mind. I am childless and it was Father’s Day and I thought how lucky Barron was not to have the…
One night below freezing, then a second. Others will follow. Still the flowers not as many as before still flowers stand strong singing softly, a little hoarse, Look at, look at us, we do this for you. Might be your last chance, a weak chorus still makes a song. October 3, 1974
The woman who tolerates me on a daily basis, she’s the real hero. – Barker Ajax Awfully dark, awfully early. What the hell, might as well get up. I could give up coffee if I thought I should. Don’t see that happening. Think I’ll take the rest of the day off.
I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks. – Ruth Bader Ginsburg Daughter had facial surgery the day before a huge tree totaled my son’s new pickup. The neighbors next door moved for security reasons, they didn’t feel safe. How am…