Covered in dew . . . as opposed to don’t.
As a writer, I think of words as my medium. I take each and every one seriously—these bits of language that I laboriously craft into… Read More »Covered in dew . . . as opposed to don’t.
Nomenclature
I love words, and am fascinated with their variety. (If you’re a writer, It comes with the territory.) We name things in order to identify… Read More »Nomenclature
Et two, tom?
2/2/22, and what better way to celebrate than 2×2 yokes for breakfast! (No yoke, they are not Photoshopped in.) Lots of two’s followed: I went… Read More »Et two, tom?
Repeat, Repeat, Repeat
As you may have heard, things are prone, sooner or later, to fall apart. And when the thing that falls apart is the driver’s-side rearview… Read More »Repeat, Repeat, Repeat
Stories that last
Last night Debbie and I celebrated the 48th anniversary of our first date. It was 1973, and we were both students at Western Kentucky University… Read More »Stories that last
Writing Ritual
By definition, doing something requires first getting started—no start, no do. Which sounds simple enough—just take the first step and then keep on walking; just… Read More »Writing Ritual
Kids these days
Halloween. Trick-or-treaters at the door. Not sure if we’d stocked up on enough candy, my wife and I offered a choice: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups… Read More »Kids these days
This is a test
Apparently Socrates, the dude credited with the founding of Western philosophy, came up with this idea of a Super-Duper Magic Ring (Greek term from the… Read More »This is a test
Pavlov’s Dog
Okay, so this was the riddle I made up: “What can walk for hours—constant forward momentum, one foot in front of the other, right-left-right-left—yet go… Read More »Pavlov’s Dog
Riddle me this, riddle me that:
What can walk for hours—constant forward momentum, one foot in front of the other, right-left-right-left—yet go nowhere and at the same time go anywhere imaginable?
