Things we don’t know  I thought I felt it. I could swear it was there, that ever-slight vibration in the earth and something in the air. It is what you see when you do not look, but your mind can fill in the void. There is something happening somewhere. There are subtleties in the words… Continue reading

The Stranger I met a stranger on the day that he died, and my life was never the same. I was just a boy of fifteen when the stranger rode into town. I was sitting in the saloon, sipping on short glasses of ice, complete with a couple of molecules of ginger ale. This justification… Continue reading

When the Walls Fell Down It happened in a moment. It was summer, but I must have dreamed it. My entire life was laid out before me, and then I was ambushed and found out that what I knew, I did not know.  I was good, but then I found out that I was not.… Continue reading

Silver Springs  When I was down, with affliction so precise and unique, it was a pain that hurt more than walking against the storms of addiction. I had forgotten what that could feel like and I am thankful for that. What I did not know was I could be there again, even if it was… Continue reading

My Firstborn Awakening  You could never know the life you made, the definition you brought, and the love you showed me that can exist in one person’s heart. I will never forget the moment I held you with you looking up into my eyes, I could not imagine the intensity that came with you. Since… Continue reading

Quit Jammin’ Me! Sometimes I think I’m so smart… Come on now! 24 years of constantly cooking, experimenting, tasting, burning, succeeding, winning, and losing! You would think, I would have this thing pretty much in the bag, wouldn’t you? Let me tell you though, I am still only learning.  There is so much inspiration out… Continue reading

Black Summer Rain  Even as it poured down all over me, it was my shame that could not be washed away. There were so many fragments I did not understand, yet I was making big decisions on the perceptions of light, cutting through the cracks of my devastation.  My audience was mixed, some watching the… Continue reading

Insufficient Joe and I sat at the table many years ago on the island and talked about cars. I took the words from reality into absolute science fiction. He called it out as worthless. I knew then that this type of daydream was futility. Why dream of something that is not even possible? I understand… Continue reading

47 days  In the season of insanity sanctioned by tradition and greed, the masters are allowed to talk grandiose things, and the subjects are allowed to shout, insult, and boast, pushing, gaslighting, and imposing ideas in what should have been a sprawling land of fertile soil. It all seemed like a good plan in the… Continue reading

Unplugged I can talk a big game about not needing modern conveniences. I have been practicing living in the 1880s since as far back as I can remember. A kerosene lantern was always preferable to the light bulb unless that lightbulb was a 12-volt, 50-watt bulb, screwed into a house lamp that was clamped to… Continue reading