The theme for this post is new beginnings and hope. Hope for a new start, for faith that things can get better. This begins as a shaggy dog story, but will return to the theme in the end. You’ll have to trust me on this.
Category: 300 Words
So Cal Seasons – Santa Anas, Wildfire, and Exploding Wisteria Seed Pods
The fusillade is initiated after a couple of hot, dry, Santa Ana days in late September or early October. Fire … More
At Least the Shit Burns
I first saw it leaking from the charging port of my new iPhone, a smear of black goo left on … More
Ken Renshaw and the Beachbum Burt’s Mai Tai Massacre
My first introduction to Ken was a year or so after I met and fell in love with his daughter, … More
Thursday Night Farmers Market
I haven’t tried my hand at poetry for many years (haiku games don’t seem to count). But I was in … More
The Cigarette Case
I hold a slim cigarette case in my hands. It’s thin, barely 3/8 inch thick, designed to hold 10 cigarettes. … More
The Motorcycle Chronicles – The Sweet 47′ Triumph Sprung Hub Motorcycle, or growing up with grease and oil caps
My early obsession with motorycles started with this picture. It is a picture my father gave to my mom back … More
A Purple Jaguar On Thanksgiving
The lean, stretched out, purple machine, part Schwinn, part Jaguar, was upside down on the sidewalk. The homeless guy, in … More
Tuck Frump Labor Day Tirade – 300 Words
So here we are, the one day off a year we celebrate the contributions that Labor has made to our … More
Darwin’s New World – 300 Words 8/11/18
Darwin, my eldest son, has started his new career at Wish Academy Middle & High School. Wish Academy is a … More
Walkabout Today 