Smoking Can Kill (Your Love Life)

Steve shows me how to hold the smoke in.At 16 I’m already a veteran cigarette smoker,so that’s not the problem.Twenty … More

Spin

I will enter the vault in search of the song I believe I have spun here on old vinyl.Memory could … More

As We Were

There’s an enormous crowd at the tiny lookout above Halema‘uma‘u. I and Commander Williams, USN Retired, continue along the trail … More

Climax To Me (aka Here I Come) INT: Nighttime

Can you picture the moment of your conception?I like to think that it was one involving great passion,rather than an … More

The Advent of Microwave Popcorn

A veritable second incarnation of popcorn        immaculate microwave popcorn               holy popcorn reborn A sofa-slouching second coming        shark-frenzy feeding session               the … More

Empty Calories

That first night without her was the longest one of your life. Those were the days you’d practice drinking gunslinger … More

And Found

We walk hand-in-hand down a green grass path. I see the undersides of overhead leaves. They are a deep brown, … More

The Kindness of Strangers

My first visit to Tate Britain, walking through the entrance, takes my breath away. It would necessitate much running if … More

Count Up

The first thing he doesn’t do is remember to start shooting. A nurse picks up the camera and assumes the … More

Oases

I’ve been the recipient of many acts of kindness during my post-retirement travels. From Antarctica in February 2017 to Egypt … More

Excavation

Digging up a spade of rocky soil in that old ground took exertion enough for three or four of a … More

Rough Cut

I read that a 90-minute movie optimally accommodates our 2021 attention spans. In the back of my mind I recall … More

If a Chapel Bell Rings in Space

I waited, breath bated, in anticipation and trepidation,the tenterhooks rubbing my flesh a delightfully reddish hue.Headen for a wed’n, I … More

On Earth We Come and Go

Like a dog in years, a wet cold perfectly upholstered nose, long body sleek curled up here before the fire, … More

Note to Self

Please, can you snap out of it, please? The pandemic’s loosening up its death grip a bit now. Don’t think … More

The Astronaut

When I was young, my dad told me he went to the moon on a big rocket ship.He said it was … More

Fair Game

The hole in the snowbank was deep, and as I peered into it, I imagined I was looking at some … More

Before They Picked James Bond

So I see that Daniel Craig will be Macbeth on Broadway. But before they settled on James Bond, I hear … More

Forgetting

When I walk to the top of my hill each day, reach the end of the road,there is one object … More

Mask Up

Today I wore long pants for the first time since I flew home from Egypt in February 2020.That would be … More