Sunday 1/5/25 All of Boston sports media said throughout the season that there was no way Patriots coach Jerod Mayo wouldn't be brought...

Saturday 1/4/25 We'll get more into this guy later--let's just start it off for now. Have you ever noticed how so many people making this...

Friday 1/3/25 Recently we had a prose off in these pages featuring a story from Narrative , the thieving den co-run by Tom Jenks and...

Thursday 1/2/25 We've talked before about Gerald Maa , editor of the Georgia Review . He is a big proponent of discrimination, having no...

Thursday 1/2/25 It is usually by today at the latest that people realize nothing has changed, it's not a case of a new year new them,...

Wednesday 1/1/25 We've spoken about empathy in this journal--which itself is empathy in extended form, one could say--but I wanted to...

Tuesday 12/31/24 I don't normally say I'm proud of anything I've created because that's not how I operate. Each time I write a work of...

Monday 12/30/24 Will get into more of this later, but this was an excellent month of art-making. I really produced. Every month is, but...

Monday 12/30/24 The Patriots were drilled 40-7 on Saturday by the Chargers. I didn't even know the Patriots were playing and only came...

Sunday 12/29/24 It's still the Christmas season and I haven't had time to get up some things I'd like to get up, so will be tending to a...

Saturday 12/28/24 A text to my sister on Christmas Eve. They take this form as a joke when I ask her to pass something on to the...

Friday 12/26/24 I am, as Bob Cratchit said, behind my time. There's a lot to get done, so I'll be quick here. On Wednesday I spent what...

Monday 12/23/24 In a society where no one knows anything, there's nothing to stop/check/slow the spread of ignorance or the...

Sunday 12/22/24 You can make someone care in so few words if they're the right words. True words that belong where they are, doing what...

Sunday 12/22/23 Had to go back to the Apple store yesterday where a kindly, knowledgeable woman helped me out. They send you a form after...

Saturday 12/21/24 I am handicapped by the computer which I must restart from the power strip at least six times a day. I lose hours each...

Thursday 12/19/24 “Can people walk their dog on the beach in winter?” “They can, but not as many do. It gets windier on a beach than it...

Wednesday 12/18/24 Twenty-five films were added to the National Film Registry for preservation, including 1953's Invaders from Mars ,...

Tuesday 12/17/24 Many people attempt to trade in their pain for an online following and, in doing so, trade away a life for an online...

Tuesday 12/17/24 Bill Belichick is the new head football coach of UNC. When I first heard this was a done deal before it was officially a...

Monday 12/16/24 I watched some of Son of Lassie last night. That's a good dog to have on your side, same as his mother. Those Nazis...

Sunday 12/15/24 The two insipid women who live across the hall had a party on Friday night, or a gathering, anyway. These are the women...

Saturday 12/14/24 I have hot water for the first time in I think three weeks as of yesterday and was able to take a shower without a game...

Wednesday 12/11/24 Monday night I came up with a story idea and I knew it was special. I lay in bed and thought it through, knowing it'd...