The Predicament (22 Years Ago)
In 2003 I was involved in a small independent film project called “The Predicament”. Filmed on location in Burlington, Vermont — it was directed by Todd La...
120+ Years Ago
Market Street, San Francisco — 1905-1906 Music:Spiegel Im Spiegel (Mirror In The Mirror) by Arvo PärtComposed 1978 — 47 years ago AleXander
If I Still Did This Newsletter . . .
I’d be sharing these amazing things that came across my desk recently . . . Why we can't focus.Philosophy for the modern world. Take heed. Don't Buy Stuff...
Exiting April, the Cruelest Month.
This is the last day of April. This is the last newsletter. • lots of good stuff, so save it for future revisits • The phrase "April is the cruelest month"...
One Of A Kind (Like You)
A Look In My Existential Mirror (with a Telescope and a Microscope)Are you up for looking into yours? Then join me in my latest piece — published in Counter...
(Anomalous) Paperback Writers (plus)
Click on the image below to read about these two new books(or even order ‘em) . . . “Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book?It took me years to write, will...
Read (All About It)
Paperback now available through Barnes & Noble online. Withdrawing Fables From The Memory Bank. . . and other New York City Reveries.• • •Click on book image...
Another Spring
SPRING! “Spring is the time of plans and projects.”― Leo Tolstoy In November of 2021 I wrote a piece about hoping to live to be 80 — to experience the joy of...
Voices of Joy and Truth
A Saturday morning at my computer — head full of ideas that are driving me insane — spinning a digital image. It’ ain’t no Guernica, but . . . “The War...
Spots Of Color Amidst The Grey
“Time that withers you will wither me. We will fall like ripe fruit and roll down the grass together. Dear friend, let me lie beside you watching the clouds...
Musician Speaks Truth To Power
A most direct, truth-filled, heart-felt, 12 minute declaration of what this war has been about — the machinations that provoked it, the false justifications...
Music Hath Charms (In Times Of Empire Collapse)
“You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not’?” – George Bernard Shaw “Swine Grabbing All The Pearls” digital...
Lynch For Lunch, and other Delicacies
“Gotta get through January / Gotta get through February” – Van Morrison My piece about David Lynch just published in Counter Arts on Medium. Click to read...
Intense Ominous Whooshing
Gotta get through January / Gotta get through February” – Van Morrison My new piece/poem just published on Medium. Rev up your attention span — and check...
Forever Young, Getting Old, & Eye/Brain Candy
The most beautiful words in the English language are not, “I love you.” They're “It's benign.”—Woody AllenAfter weeks of concern and a biopsy the day before...
Beginnings, Endings, and the Songs in Between
A special New Year’s Eve edition.• For you, dear friends, rolling into 2025! •Beginning with two minutes of New Year's Eve wisdom. My new piece about music...
Eyes Wide Xmas
As we enter the last weeks of the year and prepare for our two annual “holiday movies” — [ Xmas = “Eyes Wide Shut”, and New Year’s Eve = “Whatever Works”] —...
73 (Best Regards)
73 — in Morse Code — is a palindrome. - - ••• ••• - - and is an abbreviation for “best regards”. Sonnet 73 — by William Shakespeare That time of year thou...
A New Book (and 2024 Books)
My book of short stories has just been published.The ebook is available now from Barnes & Noble. Click on cover image to order. The paperback edition will be...
Heading North and other fables
December 2024.“How did it get so late so soon?” ― Dr. SeussA few weeks ago I thought it would be wonderful to go up to Vermont to visit my family, who would...