People keep telling me I need to step outside of my comfort zone. I don’t have one of those. The definition of a comfort zone seems to…… Read more “The World’s Longest Suicide Note:A Work in Progress”
Category: About Me
Jobs I’ve Had
I’ve decided to do a series called “Jobs I’ve Had”. Since I’ve had so many, this may come to be known as ‘the series that would not…… Read more “Jobs I’ve Had”
I’m From
Recently, at a public school, on display in a public hallway, I found some examples of 7th grade writing with the topic “I’m From…..”, and some of them broke my heart. Inspired by their courage, I decided to write one of my own when I got home, and here’s what I came up with.
I’m from slow dancing and lascivious kisses in the back seat of a Hudson, potatoes and eggs with no meat set to the tune of love me tender. I’m from honky-tonks and dance halls, with country swing a relief from the goose-step of war, from which children ran chemically scalded, naked and screaming for all the world to see.
The Big Picture 