The Blue Plate Special
long whipping signaling the sky of it's grand maneuver wilderness onlooking can not steal his eyes from the whistling reel that finds it's mark fish do you see the lovely fly forthcoming tied so carefully to make you SNAP the …
A Day in the Blogging Life of a Writer Wannabe
The sun’s risen, coffee’s been brewed and my Mini, booted. James and Dash are very aptly singing, “Summer breeze, makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind,” in the background. It’s another mild midmorning in August and …
Illusion Dweller
REQUIEM ++++++++ Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live and gladly die, And I laid me down with a will. ++++++++++++++++++++++ This be the verse you 'grave for me: Here …
Sunday strolls aren't so lazy
Corner of Broadway & 9th
Downtown on Broadway at the corner of 9th is a bus stop. It's a covered stop that is one very busy bus stop. Last week I changed my commuting plan so there I was late in the afternoon on Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday …
deliver
deliver us from evil not just words salty sugary gun highest crash no helmet no net no fun not done change of plan thrive shift back to survive at the starting line idle race not over red rover let's talk …
lived
simple taste cut and paste run and hide bearded stumble choose sides lie to self stains won't go away someone's watching adding it all up numbers to big to overcome miracle hail mary you believe long shots can win move …
San Diego in a Housing Bust but Mission Valley in a Housing Boom?
The housing market has been depressed for a few years now, prices are way down, foreclosures and bank-owned properties are everywhere. We have all figured out that the party is over....all of us that is, except developers in Mission Valley. …
everlasting
moonlight dancing in the corner shadow boxer won't lose sight jessie's champeen heart skips dips unforeseen numbers game discounted not the same last days recount stand out everlasting
jamie
jamie could be a lot of fun beautiful and crazy not sure she realized either one asked me politely to go up on the roof i knew what to do get the ladder have proof not the scariest thing she's …
Madre
The Spanish word "madre" means mother. However, the word is used in short phrases in Spanish with more different meanings than I can count. Here are some examples: Hasta la madre (1): completely full. "Vámonos este restaurante está hasta la …
taking a deep breath and hating that last good bye
i found Jerry Schad last year amid the Perseid meteor shower which is a summer pleasure for star gazers...it was obvious to me he had the legs of a masterful hiker and the spirit of a poet so i continued …
by the light of a cell phone - lost one
rock star blah blah blah rock n rolla victrola i'm fine too much wine red white not so blue renew find a home get a bone hi ho hi ho days are long car pool sing-a-long snow whites sneezing allergies …
A Tribute To J.R.
My friend J.R. passed away almost nine years ago, but I still miss him. He was a classic character... he stood 5'7", weighed about 120 lbs. soaking wet, had long hair (which he cut short only once in decades, as …
son of a gun
young sun rises son on a run riding from town to sundown targets fear confidence clear attention front and center all welcome no objection gun slung sheriffs missing dirts swirling rattlers hisssin pray or plea boom-boom two and three remember... …
Love's Wang Dang Doodle
Joseph Campbell in his Power of Myth interview with Bill Moyers back in the ‘80s mentioned that the Greeks have three words for love instead of the one we use so frivolously: eros, philios, and agape. Eros, romantic and passionate …
Fear This!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60MUR6wTzNY I'm not afraid of heights. I am however, afraid of falling from heights. Fear is a funny thing. It relies on certain criteria that would on the surface seem ironic. For example, studies have shown, the more intelligent you …