The Turkey Buzzards – Swing Bridge

The Turkey Buzzards – Swing Bridge

In popular fiction, a Coming of Age event – accompanied by mild trauma, often of a sexual nature – is required to ferry one across the Rubicon that separates Childhood from Adulthood. I feel somewhat cheated by having never experienced such an episode. One...
Backyard Star – Enemy

Backyard Star – Enemy

There was a time, eons ago, when I knew with one hundred percent certainty that a particular co-worker would knock on my door every Sunday afternoon. Bill would enter my apartment – invariably shirtless as he was one of those men who simply can’t stand to wear a...
Sofa City Sweetheart – Annie Stays Home

Sofa City Sweetheart – Annie Stays Home

Real solitude comes from a stable heart that does not get carried away by the pull of the crowd, nor by the sorrows about the past, worries about the future, or excitement or stress about the present. — Thich Nhat Hanh I go into solitude so as not to drink out...
Uncle Uncle – Part of Me

Uncle Uncle – Part of Me

You listen to a song, like any Beatles song, those are all sad songs sung happily. You would never know what they were going through individually. — Colin Wilde, Black Thumb Too much happiness can be a very annoying thing. As much as we all strive for happiness,...