Archive For The “Here I Am” Category
There are some days after his morning perambulation, the old man weeds his yard. He doesn’t brag about it. Came a tough time in his life, a better man would’ve killed himself. He became a Certified Horticultural Technician instead. Weeds are just plants you don’t like. The old man didn’t like them because they were…
Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. – James Baldwin I look at your note – memories are not enough. But who remembers? Sunrise. A new day. I kiss my wife sleepily. Cherry blossom dawn. Tokyo perfume, the scent of chrysanthemums. Remember my touch. She made…
Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.” – Winston Churchill “Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.” – Carl Sagan
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable. – Karl Kraus My wife my wife my wife is cutting her own hair. She looks good and we’re saving money. Been shut up so long, I’m on my second beard. About eight weeks, I look so bad, she makes me shave. I shave…
Pain was its own teacher, and there wasn’t any way to learn how it worked but to be visited. If the visits weren’t right on top of each other – if they were far enough apart so you could forget the way it came but close enough to remember it went away – you could…
I bet you could sometimes find all the mysteries of the universe in someone’s hand. – Benjamin Alire Saenz Exploring the Cutting-Edge History and Evolution of Collage Art By Kelly Richman-Abdou for My Modern Met. July 14, 2017. Throughout the 20th century, creatives across many movements, mediums, and styles began to explore the practice of collage art. The…
Right now, in Trump’s America, white people need to be better—particularly when it comes to helping the most vulnerable. Damon Young, a self-described professional black person, has some advice on how to do just that. [This article first appeared two and a half years ago and nothing has gotten better. Black Lives Matter.] White People Need…
For me, there have been times when the act of writing has been an act of faith, a spit in the eye of despair. Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life. – Stephen King I am seventy-three-years-old. A history of kidney concerns and multiple blood…
I don’t care. Do you? – Melania’s Jacket Sitting around month three at home feeling under siege and restricted. See no likelihood I’ll visit with family and friends any time soon. I say that because my friends are old and so am I. Co-Vid-19 feels a lot like AK47, spraying wildly. The clap at an…
No! If you’re gonna kill the cow, I don’t wanna hear the rest of the story! – Mortimer Snerd I know how his mind works. Donald insists on firing a different Inspector General every Friday night, one at a time, because he believes this way the Lame Stream Media won’t be able to call his…