Essays & Poems

It’s Christmas so I guess we should talk about that.  *Deep breath*  Okay, I have always been that guy. You know the guy: Mr. IHATECHRISTMAS.  When I would reach back into the memory bank the last truly great Christmas I could remember was back around 1982 or maybe ’83. I don’t remember exactly which year […]

Hi. How are you? I know it’s been awhile and a lot has happened since last we spoke with any regularity. Life happens, people lose touch for periods of time, then, if they’re lucky, life finds a way to bring them back together again. But if life does not, well, hopefully everyone involved is grateful […]

My dad loved Ohio. A life working in Downtown L.A. and living in one of her many tentacled suburbs had taken a toll on him. “I can breathe here,” he told me on his last visit. So I resolved to stay. And when he retired I would move him in with me and repay him […]

 I had a dream about two people I have never met. A couple. Well, they used to be. Then they weren’t.  Let’s stay friends, they decided.  As I watched them I thought, well that never ends well.  She moved out of their flat while he was at work. When he came home to a half […]

 I’ve missed the seven of you. I know when I started dribble a long, LONG time ago I was writing everyday. And, like, three of you came to need my daily musings to set the correct course for your day. And, those same five of you have whined lamented that my dribbles have been reduced […]

I think we’ve all been dealing with this pandemic and all around strange time in the world right now in our own ways. One of my favorite things has been getting the occasional  poem from my dear friend Kristofer. Enjoy these. Share them Follow Kristofer. Personally, Going Nowhere is my favorite, but they’re all good. […]

Last night I watched The Karate Kid for the first time since high school. I graduated high school (barely) in 1990. It’s been at least that long since I saw it last. And as much I loved Elisabeth Shue (the big hair, the popped collar, the knee socks – swoon), that particular movie wasn’t one […]

We were so much older then. They found Jesse. I keep playing those words in my head and everything they don’t say. Was he lost? Yeah, the entirety of his life.   We were kids. His mother wanted him home, but there was nobody sober to take us. She didn’t care. So we walked from Los […]

I don’t know what day this is of the quarantine. I know there won’t be enough of them for me. I like this. I write a lot. Maybe not here for you to read, but I am writing. A lot.  A few years ago I started writing a screenplay inspired by, if not actually about, […]