Jun 163 minMore moreThursday 6/16/22 * Tired. * I'm writing more than ever. More more. What do I mean by that? I'm writing more kinds of things pretty much...
Jun 165 min"Cease the Day," short story excerptThursday 6/16/22 I tell all the girls I date the same thing, because they’re not going to be much good to me without this. If I’ve lived,...
Jun 155 minHer form of understandingWednesday 6/15/22 Received a note from a woman at five of six this AM in which she said she thought she was in love with me. She was one...
Jun 149 minExtra pointsTuesday 6/14/22 My guiding thought in everything I write is the reader. The reader is never out of my mind. Everything is done for the...
Jun 137 minThe cornucopiaMonday 6/13/22 The more human you are, the better you will write. Being human isn't being about born and and having a name and a job and...
Jun 102 minEnd of a week gameFriday 6/10/22 I can work harder than I did this week, but that's about as hard as I've worked. There's no competing with what I'm doing...
Jun 89 min6/8/22Wednesday 6/8/22 It was ten years ago today that Molly took my house from me in Rockport. Going to that courthouse, and going through...
Jun 88 minExcerpt from Arthur Alexander essayWednesday 6/8/22 Arthur Alexander and the Art of Listening Have you ever learned about a set of recordings and thought, “I would like to...
Jun 78 minPreface to Longer on the Inside: Very Short Fictions of Infinitely Human LivesTuesday 6/7/22 A Few Thoughts on the Physics of Words and Us Length is one of those concepts with which we all think we’re familiar,...
Jun 78 minPreface to Glue God: Essays (and Tips) for Repairing a Broken SelfTuesday 6/7/22 Call It a Kit “Full stop” is a pithy, somewhat stentorian, two-syllable, percussive summation that we encounter a lot now....
Jun 61 minLimbering upMonday 6/6/22 Feel strong and limber. Ran 3000 stairs, walked seven miles, did 100 push-ups. Still congested and lungs are not back...
Jun 63 minBeware of bog witchesMonday 6/6/22 People overestimate the docility of their dogs. This is far more telling of people than it is of dogs. They think that...
Jun 63 minExcerpt from James Joyce/Bloomsday pieceMonday 6/6/22 Next Thursday is Bloomsday. Joyce's Ulysses came out 100 years ago, and I wrote a piece about the need to and benefits of...
Jun 41 minBeatles book cover artSaturday 6/4/22 I've been mulling a possible cover art approach for Just Like Them: A Piece by Piece Guide to Becoming the Ultimate...
Jun 411 minMusic booksSaturday 6/4/22 Just so everything is in one place, and I can consult it. These are the music books I've done, am doing, plan to do....
Jun 33 minCome on, Steve (huhh)Friday 6/3/22 I don't know why, but as the day went on, I got sicker. All congested everywhere again. I mean totally. I blow my nose and...
Jun 36 minTake a note, take a lesson, find a startFriday 6/3/22 For the first time this week, after things really kicked in on Monday, I seem to have less mucus. I've been swimming in the...
Jun 24 minErased in Thursday 6/2/22 Working on a new story called "Grrrr." A form-exploder. Here is the altered full title now: There Is No Doubt: Story...
Jun 25 minfrom Our Human Song: Uvalde, TexasThursday 6/2/22 It's the morning after the massacre in Uvalde, Texas, and like many people I would imagine, I find myself not much good...
Jun 214 minThan a rollercoaster Thursday 6/2/22 The below is from Tuesday, only appearing now. I remain sick, no improvement, and I don't feel like going through this...