July 2 and July 4
JULY 2 Letters to my mother, written by me (and my girlfriend Gail), in 1970-1971, bundled up and hung at the Temple at Burning Man in 2017. They were burned...
PREJUDICE
PREJUDICE The chickens have come to roost on the ass (donkey). The Democratic Party who weaseled in Biden when Bernie Sanders was rising (thanks, Obama!) —...
PRIDE
👍 PRIDE 👍 Some art I designed in the past for the B in LGBTQ+.SwitchKissers Magazine — Montreal, Canada Spring 2000 — Front cover art by AleXander Hirka....
The Sense of An Ending
There are two books in the past that I read and had the need to re-read immediately upon completion. One was “Against The Day’ by Thomas Pynchon. At 1085...
Hole Or Soul (klaatu barada nikto)
Written some years ago. Thoroughly revised recently.Just published on Medium/Rainbow Salad. “Hole vs “Soul: Pseudonyms for The Emptiness”Two minute read....
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...