Tag Archives: At Random

“DCM is characterized by ventricular chamber enlargement, systolic dysfunction, sudden death, and heart failure.” Why then do I feel worse about the suspicion that I was a disappointment when meeting an online friend for the first time? “Heart failure due … Continue reading →

(provoked by a line in Dionisio D. Martinez’s poem “Avant-Dernières Pensées”) I read about an old fisherman who, as a young man, loved a woman who left their village unexpectedly and without a word. The weeks went by and eventually … Continue reading →

Mine assures me that not only will I make it, I’ll actually thrive. But does adversity include a snake seeking the frog in my throat or my mother calling me by my dead brother’s name? Does the unforeseen include what … Continue reading →

Record high Fall heat and it’s finally getting dark. Forest fire haze all around, but the stars still visible above. The only sound is the breeze shuffling through the leaves. If the night could last forever I would just walk … Continue reading →

The first fifteen songs iTunes produced in shuffle mode today: Miles Davis – You’re My Everything Cake – Short Skirt, Long Jacket Keane – Can’t Stop Now Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees The Libertines – Can’t Stand Me Now Billie … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking about lightning lately. Rainstorms are rarely seen here, though the thunder of lightning’s electric passage can be heard. As are the inevitable forest fires that follow. Alaska is BIG, which is easy to forget when you’ve been … Continue reading →

I’m on a park bench talking to my ex-wife when George Bush sits down next to me. Mistaking my haircut for a sign of military service he asks me how it feels to be home after being ‘in country.’ I … Continue reading →