For Dad
For Jim
Ready Player One
This is about as good as it gets for me thus far. But, considering that two months ago I could play not at all, it’s... Read more →
I just got an apple pencil and am figuring out how to draw with it on my iPad using Adobe Sketch. It's not as easy... Read more →
A Time for Me and a Time for Moo
Once upon a time And a very good time it was There was a moocow coming Down the road The time before Moocow sat in... Read more →
Click on the image to check out the full-sized version. (Once the window pops up, I recommend clicking on 'full screen.' Then give it a... Read more →
Glad you're owning it. It's a crap feeling and I don't think there is a healthy way of getting around it. It does get easier,... Read more →
“Ms. Ortiz?” The background is dappled with a thousand blurred flames glowing through red votive glass. I walk into the pew and stand next to... Read more →
Ninefold. Or, Who's Afraid of the Visionary: A Note to Friendship and The Fray
Memories of the Linden baby and Bonn and the tree growing in the yard and my friend The first one I ever knew was real... Read more →
Continental
Fifteen years to the day. I've held a secret grudge against the entire continent of China for being the last soil you ever walked on.... Read more →
A couple of weeks ago my friend, BB of Highland Park, posted her "act of faith" green smoothie experience. She based her recipe for said... Read more →
I look to the petals Of my Cranesbill Pink and translucent in A front of sunlight Tiny veins spread Like fingers cupping a Font I... Read more →
Light Spells
Anyone who knows me at all probably also knows that I am basically obsessed with Mumford & Sons. I play favorites with different songs at... Read more →
So... my apartment complex has this clunky plastic A-frame sign standing on the entry lawn and it's basically permanent. It says things like "Two Bedroom... Read more →
"Just tell them the truth, sweetheart. Keep calm, don't let them rattle you. And listen. Carefully." -Lindy Chamberlain to her husband I just watched A... Read more →
Post-It II Tower Wave one week before my Birthday
I was sleeping In the basement on Lake Street Under the Chinese wall before chase Before the Manhattan river walk After the Mexican fiesta (Or... Read more →
Over the past few days, I've made a list of books I want to read/re-read/finish reading this year First come the five 'major' works of... Read more →
Good Old Howard A book My father and I read together "Only Connect" I said it from a pulpit And with farewells I said it... Read more →
This is Jeremy and Ebonie. They're expecting. I shot these three weeks ago and now these parents-to-be are, at this very instant, at the hospital... Read more →
At Maverick today I walked by the Woman wearing cropped Blonde locks and dark Shades Standing next to her Three pre-adolescent boys and their Bikes... Read more →
I remember at two or three, looking out from between the pews whose shoulders reached my crown, like a fish peeking from its protective plant... Read more →
Sophie: No I... I used to play but I.... I don't anymore. __________________ I know I must have intended to write something oh so profound... Read more →
I had an apocalyptic dream last night. I blame ML. The night before, I read her blog post about two red dresses at the Oscars.... Read more →
The obit which - for better or worse - is part of my contribution to his memory: Another part is this slide-show of photos from... Read more →
Ist es nicht schön...? Read more →
Loo k. See. Read more →
I drove to Venice from Cortina. This was late March of 2001 and I had driven my way around Europe for two months now: Verbier,... Read more →
It would be nigh unto shooting a mockingbird if I did not speak up about my evening. After hours of laundry and proof-reading a script... Read more →
Congratulations to Stockholm's very own Lydmar Hotel! Only moments ago the Lydmar was ushered in as the newest member among hotel elites - Virtuoso. You... Read more →
France
"There wil be days and days and days like this." She stands up on the hill and smiles looking To a rising sun over lush... Read more →
Billy Post
Let’s begin with a patch of grass The front yard lawn beside The Plums Facing the moon street people pass Cozy strollers in toe and... Read more →
Bedauer
I thought tonight of an incident With the dog The wind blew softly as I Walked I don't want to record That in history I... Read more →
Myself
The one goal I had today was to buy flowers I got them Read more →
OZ
It's a funny, heal clicking Stranger than fiction Moment When you look up And see Those you thought had Gone Have been there All along Read more →
Pear Tree
There's a window That shows aslant The square Spare and wide If I crouch down Just so I can see it Deep breaths Read more →
Prestige
If it's just pulling a rabbit from a hat Everyone claps and is Pleased But if you ask what about the Space Before the hat... Read more →
Strange Echoes
There Is nothing out there But Something in here Goes Out to greet it And together these Two People The World Read more →
That I Know Well
Black is the color of A frozen tree Black is the door Where you are Misbegotten is my Hymn here Teasing bulk To the floor... Read more →
To The Surf and Seagulls
I romp between what remains and my dark Mother Who squawks and rolls With Elijah’s raging whisper I press a puddle then Wheel into darkness... Read more →
I have a can of fish flakes on The table there. White and square. Parson A half-parson is that fits In my corner Stacked neatly... Read more →
I'm stealing this wonderful painting by Nellie Mae Rowe from the header of one blog and using it as the header of my own blog... Read more →
(Another note from Jason...) Dear Ed, I know this is way over the top, but let's pretend today is 'award show day' because I really... Read more →
M is for Maudlin
MERYL Oh my stars and stripes forever and ever amen, this is the most precious maudlin drivel I've ever seen. I'm so serious now. What... Read more →
Dear Ed, Do you like the parchment paper? I thought it and the font might amuse you. I won’t tell you where or even when... Read more →
Cherry Now
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide Now, of... Read more →