March 2024

  • Melodic Poetry from the Out Post

    Imagine music and the history of our existence are inseparable. Have you ever seen a “Sky Saw” click ? My guess is that is lightning… Sometimes a walk along the beach gives you comfort Take care… and care for others… Continue reading

    Melodic Poetry from the Out Post
  • The Shack

    The Shack Living in the shack wasn’t as bad as all that. We had indoor plumbing. And the hole went down to infinity as far as I know. We were illuminated by a microwave oven hooked up to solar panels.… Continue reading

    The Shack
  • Humbird Essays

    Prelude: Poetry and Lyrics Memory, Reflection, Imagination, Biographs, and other Expressions… Lyrics and Poetry: Lost Companions ~ Prelude Where do lyrics and poetry meet? They are the same in the medium of message. Poets and musicians suggest language can change… Continue reading

    Humbird Essays
  • John Wayne’s Horses

    Waynes horses ran away and returned to the place from whence they were captured There were cultures living on the lands you call ari zona long before the movies believe it or not animals know where their homes are and… Continue reading

    John Wayne’s Horses
  • Short (short) Stories

    This genre may be considered a short-short story or if you prefer, a “vignette” in the elegant, distant, surreal French tradition. Here, It’s a fictional post (versus an essay, poem, partial novel, or diatribe). It’s meant to be enjoyed, like… Continue reading

    Short (short) Stories
  • Bee and Jo

    “Upon the Rubble of Life begins more rubble.” T.S. Brock Bee was a recycler from Seoul, South Korea. In the West, he would be equivalent to the scavenger of aluminum cans and the like, but here in the wild, wild… Continue reading

    Bee and Jo
  • The Jackhammer

    Land of the Morning Calm The jackhammer began its insane choppy drone at eight am on Sunday morning. What a relief. On Saturday, it was seven am. Now coffee. Now tolerance. And this is the ‘Land of the Morning Calm’.… Continue reading

    The Jackhammer
  • The Gambling Den

    There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment. That’s Hunter S. Thompson. He may well have been a gambler and for all I know he may well have stayed in this very… Continue reading

    The Gambling Den