This blog has been getting a little dusty, guess I should post something. What follows is an excerpt from an environmentally focused book I’ve been trying to write, as well as a couple of pictures I’ve taken. I was on an early morning flight to Cincinnati in a small propeller plane. It was a … Continue reading
A friend told me a while ago that my desire to write and publish, as well as having this blog, exposed my desire for fame. I’m not sure I convinced him that I wanted nothing to do with fame. Not that I’m immune to wanting a little attention, or recognition, for creating something of value. … Continue reading
Book Excerpt. In the darkness and drunkenness, the bodies mingling around me faded to faceless silhouettes, the haze of booze covering us in its intoxicated fog. Except for Fran. She reclined in her chair as the center of attention, letting her long slender legs dangle from her slinky black dress, offering them up as the night’s delicacy while playing … Continue reading
Story Excerpt “Let’s dance,” she said, and raised her hands into the air, gyrating against me. I kept asking myself why I didn’t just walk away. This wasn’t what I wanted. As long as the music played she continued to drink, and at one point forced me to dance. I wasn’t in the … Continue reading
She went on to tell me about a previous job and eventually I shared one of my own. I sipped on my beer and kept at it all night – a bottle to help me cope with my unbalanced life. I contributed little to the conversation and was relieved when our shuttle bus finally picked … Continue reading
ISIS, how do you deal with it? So many are up in arms that President Obama didn’t yet have a set strategy. We can’t help but get angry about beheadings or all the other atrocious things these sick animals do. Bomb the hell out of them. Wipe them off the face of the earth. Such scum … Continue reading
Mother reading to her child from a children’s ecology book. Thus, a text even a child can understand. Mother – We live on a planet that rotates around the sun, creating a balanced system. The day is balanced by night, cold is balanced by hot, rainy and snowy days are balanced by sunny and dry … Continue reading
It wasn’t my proudest moment. I was young and dumb – the young part being a long time ago – and eating pizza at a restaurant with my friend Jack after a night of partying. We were drunk and high and unfortunately sitting next to a table of farmers who kept talking about plowing the … Continue reading
Setting: The small drab auditorium of an old elementary school or church. Our hero stands at the podium addressing a sorry-looking bunch of mild-mannered men hunched over in their metal folding chairs. Our Hero: Hi, I’m a recovering animal. A chorus of grumbling Hello’s and Welcomes bubble up like simmering lava. Our Hero: As most … Continue reading
Taylor’s Truck. Mal and Taylor dressed in hunting clothes while driving through the woods to their deer blinds. Taylor: There’s plenty of fish in the sea. Mal, scoffing: Haven’t heard that expression enough. Taylor: Cause it’s true, Mal. You just have to keep breaking out new lures and trying different spots until you find a … Continue reading
