Jul 14Where Magic HappensLately I’ve made the most of being a full-time resident of the East End, particularly when it comes to fishing the ocean beaches. The activity entails walking the shore and casting and reeling in at varying speeds. I do not use bait, only artificial lures. And on the whole, I…3 min read3 min read
Jul 14Cutting Room“The irresistible force meets the immovable object.” - Gorilla Monsoon, professional wrestler My father died several years back, and in the process of moving on without him, we had to move many things. But some things took more time to move than others, including a riding lawn mower that no…4 min read4 min read
Jun 29Guestwords: Cutting Room“The irresistible force meets the immovable object.” - Gorilla Monsoon, professional wrestler My father died several years back, and in the process of moving on without him, we had to move many things. …4 min read4 min read
May 29Guestwords: Where Magic HappensLately I’ve made the most of being a full-time resident of the East End, particularly when it comes to fishing the ocean beaches. The activity entails walking the shore and casting and reeling in at varying speeds. I do not use bait, only artificial lures. And on the whole, I…3 min read3 min read
Mar 30No Pain No Change — Are you choosing the comfort of conformity over the calamity of conflict?No Pain No Change — Are you choosing the comfort of conformity over the calamity of conflict? “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” George Bernard Shaw Jason Kurtz, a leading psychoanalyst in New York City, and an author, playwright and filmmaker…3 min read3 min read
Mar 14‘The search is all that matters’In “Whale,” a story in John McCaffrey’s collection “Automatically Hip,” a high-school student tells the class that his grandfather was a typesetter before the age of computers. Another says that her mother lost her job at Wal-Mart to a machine that does the checking out. The conversation is sparked, according…4 min read4 min read
Published inDefuncted·Feb 9Clamming in JanuaryLawrence always believed that T-Rex possessed an instinctual sense of its impending doom. He was convinced of this whenever he viewed a picture of the prehistoric beast. In those savage and smoldering eyes he saw flashes of despair. …Flash Fiction4 min readFlash Fiction4 min read
Jan 16Battle-Ax(ioms) for Writing and for LifeBattle-Ax(ioms) for Writing and for Life “I have not yet begun to fight!” John Paul Jones I’m currently reading Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge. It’s a book about one of the most iconic, and one of the most deadly, conflicts in World War II. And while the story…4 min read4 min read
Jan 9If You’re Happy and Don’t Know It Clap Your Hands!If You’re Happy and Don’t Know It Clap Your Hands! Do you know when you’re happy? For sure. But can you describe how you know when you’re happy? That’s a bit tougher, right? What about love? There are infinite songs and stories, poems and platitudes from those who are in…3 min read3 min read
Jan 2New Year’s Resolutions for Middle Age Men10 Things to do in 2023 It’s that time of year again, the turn of the year, when many us take stock of the past 12 months and, depending on how we feel about what happened or what didn’t happen in our lives, decide to make changes to improve things. …New Years Resolutions6 min readNew Years Resolutions6 min read
