The First 90 Days by Michael Watkins 8 min @ my desk, Toronto, ON He is doing it again. And he is getting away with it, again. Just because he has that big rich voice equal parts molasses and honey, people lap up whatever he says. I hate these faculty/student evenings Read more…
Lincoln by Gore Vidal 8min @ LaGuardia Airport, November 2 2012 It is a hard name to live with. It is hard to be the man at fourteen. So much resting on such slight shoulders. He was waiting for his growth spurt. His father had been a tall man – Read more…
Just Kids by Patti Smith 8 min in Central Park, NYC Shut up, shut up, shut up. Shut. Up. Too late, I can see the hurt before I’ve even shut my mouth. Even though your eyes are unflinching, it’s like looking at a fresh wound as life oozes out. I Read more…
by Pema Chodron 8 min @ the Pick Me Up Cafe, L.E.S. Lena loved a good sale. What made a sale good? Start with a few simple words; closing, sample, up to 75% off. That was a good start. Lena hyperventilated thinking about the coup she made at the outlet Read more…
In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner 8 min @ the dining table It feels like I’m in a Dicken’s novel. Or one by the two sisters who wrote about the brooding men on the heath. Don’t know what the frick a heath is but my gran loved Read more…
The Chaperoneby Laura Moriarty 8 min @ the dining table “Hey.” “Hey.” She sounded bright and expectant. He nodded to invisible music. He was still stunned that he had actually called her name out. Loud enough that she heard. And that she stopped. She even smiled and turned back. The Read more…
The Sense of an Endingby Ann Patchett, Vogue, Sept 2012 8 min @ Kalendar Restaurant “No, I haven’t done it. I suck at breaking up! I’m a six year old emotionally. I can’t ever pull the trigger because I don’t want to be the bad guy. I hate being hated. Read more…
overheard walking the dog down Benton 8 min @ the dining room table Mara hasn’t been here long. She hasn’t been anywhere long recently. She was only on earth three hours. Still it counts as a life. Each life is called a ‘catskin’ and they’re filed and tallied not long Read more…