Once upon a time, I had the perfect writer's day. My alarm woke me up at 5:45 AM in the middle of a dream. Or I woke naturally when the sun glinted off the mirror and into my eyes. Or the cat stood in the doorway and meowed like the world was ending. I turned my head and … [Read more...]
Do You Take Bitcoin?
Raise your hand if you, like me, still don't understand what Bitcoin is. I tried to read "Bitcoin For Dummies," or a version of it that I found on the internet. In fact, it was something like Blockchain for Dummies because Blockchain is apparently the thing that makes … [Read more...]
Chick’s Drive In
Chick's Drive In was a hot dog, hamburger, and fried seafood restaurant on the beach in my hometown. It was not, in fact, a drive-in restaurant, at least it wasn't when I started working there in the late 1980's. I was 16, and if you don't count delivering papers for a few years … [Read more...]
A New York Number
This is fiction. As I was saying, the party wasn't for her birthday at all. I had gotten the details of the invitation mixed up with the ones for a different party. Who can ever tell, now that my calendar is kept on my phone, and when I enter an event into it and someone talks … [Read more...]
Self Reflection
When I sit at my desk to write, pay bills, sign permission slips, find recipes, or try to get the cat off of my lap, I often look to my left to get lost in the view as I'm thinking. Thinking is hard. To my left is a window. I leave the curtains open so I can get distracted … [Read more...]
How the Magical Becomes Ordinary
I've been thinking about ordinary things. Everyday objects we take for granted. I glanced to my left: there was my iPhone on the desk, sitting there reflecting the wall and ceiling, my little black mirror. I remember life before it. I remember everyone else getting one before me, … [Read more...]