First of all, let me say to my email subscribers that I am really sorry about last night’s email inundation. I have been working on editing some old posts, changing them from private to public, and apparently WordPress likes to send out a new post notification when I do that. I have discovered how to […]
Tag Archives: observations
A Brief Moment and a Strange Man
I was riding the train home from work one day when a particular man caught my eye. I pulled out my notebook and did a little description exercise. Description is always the hardest thing for me when writing fiction, and I figured I could use all the practice I can get. The old man shuffled […]
Two Old Women
Saw an old woman today as I was getting off the train who had calves super disproportional to the rest of her body. Not even exaggerating, they were larger around than her thighs. She reminded me of a female Popeye. Met another old woman (one of our neighbors) when I was working outside with Mr. […]
This Blog Will Change Your Life
So last night I was supposed to try and influence my dreams by thinking of hedgehogs, airplanes, and midgets before I fell asleep. I don’t really know how influential I was, however, as I don’t remember anything I may or may not have dreamt. Which is really too bad, because I was thinking specifically of […]
Riding the Train
On the subway train you can be packed in with people and yet be totally by yourself. You have people brushing against you from all sides, but refuse to look at any of them, let alone talk to them. I think it’s only common curtesy to offer up a hello if you’re pressed against someone’s […]