Monday 3/4/24 You notice these various stylistic habits of players, and they stick with you. For instance: James Patrick was a defenseman...

Monday 3/4/24 "Idra" is now done. It's a major work. They are all equally major works, but I'm saying it about this one. I still have to...

Monday 3/4/24 Over the weekend, I began planning a nonfiction book I'll write about the appeal and variety of ghost stories. It will be a...

Monday 3/4/24 There is the word "compliment" and the world "complement." The world would be a better place if more than one out of a...

Sunday 3/3/24 Walked seven miles yesterday, ran 5000 stairs, did 500 push-ups. My workout efforts have been lacking--sporadic stair days,...

Saturday 3/2/24 With only two proper studio albums, one would think that the Yardbirds have a small discography, but they recorded a lot...

Friday 3/1/24 Obviously MFA programs are scams, but can they not even go through the barest motions of instruction by pointing out simple...

Thursday 2/29/24 Over the next few days, as I work and tend to this ongoing government nightmare--I don't know what to do about the state...

Thursday 2/29/24 The wind was wild last night and remains so this morning. It's like it's trying to communicate with the various sounds...

Thursday 2/29/24 Whistlers. Unless you're Otis Redding at the end of ("Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay," no one wants to hear you. There...

Wednesday 2/28/24 If someone is a petty, slanderous, tyrannical, immature, ignorant, incompetent, fat slob of a bully, is it wrong to...

Monday 2/26/24 Just wrote a new op-ed on time. Done. Excellent. Now back to "Friendship Bracelet." Good, lively pace to things so far...

Monday 2/26/24 I had said before that Judy Garland was so great that people don't really know how great she was. I've been thinking about...

Monday 2/26/24 There's a flair to storytelling. That's not the same as an ostentatiousness. The flair is in knowing, "This will get 'em...

Sunday 2/25/24 With the internet, anyone can reach out to almost anyone and say something warm or appreciative or supportive or friendly,...

Saturday 2/24/24 Mark Messier said that if a loose puck slipped inside the gates of hell, that he would go in and get it. I find myself...

Saturday 2/24/24 How about a prose off to start this Saturday morning? We'll return again to American Short Fiction, and a story called...

Friday 2/23/24 Have an idea for the cover for The Ghost Grew Legs: Stories of the Dead for the More or Less Living. Made myself sit here...

Friday 2/23/24 Somewhat better effort. Forced myself. Finished another story. We'll get into what all of these are later. Or at least...

Friday 2/23/24 In life with people I don't want to do guessing, I want to do clarity. Communicate. So much of life for people is...

Friday 2/23/24 If writing does not mean everything to you--and if everything is not writing for you--then you will never be truly great...

Thursday 2/22/24 Something needs to kick in soon. This isn't good, man. I think I'll call the dentist tomorrow and make an appointment to...

Thursday 2/22/24 Re-start. Start by starting. If the start does not take, start again. One moment more becomes many moments more. The day...

Thursday 2/22/24 These have been dark days. All days have been dark for a long time. Some days are dark and dangerous, and the past few...