All Aboard!
I wrote a piece a few years ago — a brief sketch of a ride of the subway.I recently looked at it, found it seriously wanting, so I hopped on the subway again...
SH*TS & GIGGLES - DARKNESS & LIGHT
As I drink my coffee on the morning after “Memorial Day” — military jets in flyover maneuvers vomit that sound of threatened violence in the sky over New...
His Bobness and the Truthteller
Happy completion of 83 spins around the sun to Bob Dylan. I am very grateful that his amazing work has coincided with my visit to the planet. I have followed...
Revelations Or More Camouflage?
If you’ve read some or all of the six episodes of my series “Withdrawing Fables From The Memory Bank” you will surely want to know the background as to how...
"Arise, then, women of this day!"
Julia Ward Howe (1879) — “Say firmly: ‘We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies, Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with...
Choo’n Gum and other Gnawables
A new four minute “short story”. See if you can read it, chew gum, and sing along at the same time. Choo’n Gum. Of Course He Spilled The Beans. | by...
We Are Stardust
Tomorrow will be one month since I shared with you Part Five of my series Withdrawing Fables From The Memory Bank. The writing has been slow but Part Six: We...
Satire, Music, and Intactitude
Welcome to this week's Tempest Tossed Stardust newsletter. Let's begin with fifteen minutes of beautiful music by Frédéric Chopin (1829-1847), accompanied by...
Bang Bang
This is the 147th edition of this newsletter which I began two years ago this week.Here's the link to the fifth installment of my "Withdrawing Fables From...
Flooded with Memories
I am currently working on the fifth installment of my "Withdrawing Fables From The Memory Bank" short stories. Being a fictional account of events from the...
Many Returns
The latest (fourth) episode of my Withdrawing Fables From The Memory Bank has just been published. I had begun work on it when my health hit the wall on 23...
Serious Shit — Parts #1 & #2
Part #1 My Body Conspires Against MeI don’t want to have you running out of the room screaming TMI (Too Much Information) so I’ll skip on many of the details...
Old Clothes and Newspapers
Just published . . . Part THREE of Withdrawing Fables From The Memory Bank. A six-minute meta-fictional pseudo-biographical magic-realism historical-fantasy...
All The Rage
Just published . . . Part Two of my Withdrawing Fables From The Memory Bank. A five-minute meta-fictional pseudo-biographical magic-realism historical-...
Penguins and Goof Gas
This week, while the world continues to burn, the propagandists extolling their Mediocrity, I'll set aside my raging essay pen, and making like Nero — I'll...
Dont Look Back
Bob Dylan wrote: "She's got everything she needs / she's an artist / she don't look back"Do the work and don't look back at the response. I usually run with...
Beethoven, Martin Luther King, and US Military
Let's start the new year with some music.As I've written before, while I've always enjoyed some pieces by Ludwig, a couple of years ago I became an over-the-...
The Anomalous Duo At The Movies
First . . . A big welcome to the bunch of friends who recently signed up for this little newsletter.I'll keep it flowing, about every week+ — with links to...
Book/s for the New Year
A new year approaches. Make time to read some good books. I had a very lucky year in that out of the fifteen books I read, five were the amazing kind that...
Last Exit
As the new year enters I will be closing a door — one which I entered 15 years and 3 months ago. I will be leaving behind the 3 billion+ members of my...