I woke up at a weirdly early hour this morning… 1 Sparks fly to escape the friction Sparks fly to stave off boredom Sparks fly to meet their fate Sparks fly to have something to do 2 Sparks are a band featuring the Mael brothers Sparks did a song called ‘Dance Godammit’ Sparks also did [...]
Tag: qualities
Me, right now
Inspired by Brian Eno’s A Year with Swollen Appendices (with no pretensions of being either as good or as clever)… I am: middle-aged white (Finnish/Irish/other European bits/American) American male heterosexual divorced under-employed introverted often shy creative thoughtful generous selfish uncertain hesitant intuitive stubborn quirky anxious calm always secretly in love with somebody contrary solitary intelligent naïve trusting [...]
These things are mine (a poem)
Today’s prompt in The Daily Poet, by Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano is to write a poem that describes and/or defines who you are. I was a little hesitant, as that feels like the only thing I normally write about, but I gave it a shot anyway… This quiet presence is mine a Sunday afternoon in the shade on [...]
I want to be more like the color red (a poem)
The December 23rd prompt in The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts For Your Writing Practice, by Kelli Russell Agodon & Martha Silano, didn’t interest me—so I went to the December 24th prompt, which provided a few possible first lines for a poem. I chose I want to be more like the color red… I want to be more like the color [...]
An incomplete manifesto
A couple of years ago, before everything seemed to go to shit, I started working on my own manifesto. Since I was originally crafting it for business purposes, I intend to revisit that exercise; in the meantime, this is the list of words/phrases I came up with back then: (in alphabetical order—almost) authenticity pretension need not [...]
50 Things About Me (a partial list)
Today is my 50th birthday. To mark the occasion, here's a list of fifty things about me, in the order that they came to mind. (Except for spelling/punctuation/grammar, I have made no attempt to edit any of the items.) I am full of contradictions. I find it difficult to ask for what I want/need. I [...]
Why You Should Hire Me
Recently, I uploaded a post on the subject of being "Overqualified". It was my reaction to being turned down for a job on the basis that I was "overly qualified" for the position. Well, here's a different tack: Why should you—you know who you are—hire me? Let's get the ugly part out of the way first: [...]
Ordinary Average Thoughts 