Wednesday 10/18/68 I heard a recording of the Beatles rehearsing "Misery" at the Cavern in January 1963 with the clear intention of...

Tuesday 10/17/23 Wow are those Rangers and Phillies hot. Losing that last game of the season to get knocked into the Wild Card round...

Tuesday 10/17/23 I've been putting up a number of things from this story, "Dot," which keeps getting longer, but it should be done today...

Monday 10/16/23 Doesn't get better than this. "Two white poplar trees stood outside of Dot’s window at the facility, on a lawn that had...

Monday 10/16/23 I did much yesterday morning, as I do most mornings, and one of those things was to go out to Forest Hills Cemetery on...

Saturday 10/14/23 I know people don't like them because of the trash can/cheating thing, but it's so impressive that the Astros have made...

Saturday 10/14/23 Revising "Dot" this morning, which is in There Is No Doubt: Story Girls, which is comprised entirely of stories about...

Friday 10/13/23 It's a curious thing that the people who base the outward presentation of their identities on justice and morality are so...

Thursday 10/12/23 Here is the whole of the second section of the first work in Big Asks: Six Novelettes About Acceptance, which I'm...

Thursday 10/12/68 Bruins beat the Blackhawks 3-1 last night in their first game of the season at the Garden. They should have won, with...

Tuesday 10/10/23 Goscwog sat in the commissary with the other angels talking about their respective days thus far and feasting on...

Tuesday 10/10/23 Dear Remy, It is your friend Colin in Boston again. I was thinking about you over the weekend after your dad told me you...

Tuesday 10/10/23 There are times in the regular season when Mookie Betts is the best all-around player in the world--especially when he's...

Monday 10/9/23 After the lost day of Saturday--a day which normally marks the start of the week for me--I tried yesterday to do things...

Monday 10/9/23 I think there's some chance--call it ten percent--that Bill Belichick could be fired today, along with his sons, and Bill...

Monday 10/9/23 On Saturday I had a lost day. No formal work, no stairs, didn't even go outside. It's very hard to find the energy and I...

Saturday 10/7/23 Didn't see until yesterday that Dick Butkus had died. He seemed to enjoy making ornery comments on social media that...

Friday 10/6/23 Nostalgia isn't good for you. Moving forward is. When one looks back, it is best to do so in a way that benefits that...

Thursday 10/5/23 The Rays got off to that outstanding start, then they don't even win the division and get bounced in two-straight--at...

Wednesday 10/4/23 You can't fake life in a story. You can't teach how to have it be there. And the value of a work of writing is directly...

Wednesday 10/4/23 The phone rang a couple days ago, so I answered it, and as soon as I said hello, my three-year-old niece said, "Can I...

Wednesday 10/4/23 This morning I clicked on a writer's profile on Facebook. They're not actually a writer. They never are. They may write...

Tuesday 10/3/23 Hello, I wanted to clear up a matter regarding Letter ID () I’d been unable to access my mail for a brief period, but...

Tuesday 10/3/23 There was this period in the 1980s when becoming a member of the 30-30 club in baseball was all the rage. It was hyped...