The next morning, before I left for Stratford, Brent’s mother, who I guessed was somewhere in her eighties, gave me a horseshoe for good luck. Excellent gift. Kind of object […]

I am seriously close to breaking down and buying an older Mac to replace my ancient Mac. This means I will finally move closer to the year 2026, although I […]

The Jews are ancient enough to have negotiated a private arrangement with time. According to the Hebrew calendar, it is now he year 5787, which means history is older than […]

She said “Yorkton” in the careful tone people use when reminding you of something from that other century when telephones stayed home. But right away I remembered. I played Yorkton […]

the child ahead of you walkingthrough a season you can no longer enter. The light belongs to them now. The way older musicianslisten to young players discovering intervals,The miracle of […]

Morning again.Another appointment with repetition.Scales waiting on the piano like bureaucrats from the Ministry of Discipline. The yoga mat unrolled on the floor, evidence from a crime scene involving optimism. […]

He speaks about it with so much precision listeners suspect he is confessing rather than observing, even though he is only reporting what he witnessed over years on the road […]

She lifts the guitar a second breathits wooden curve familiar as handstrings hold maps of years, love, deatheach fret she’s learned to understand Her fingers press where memory residesnot thinking […]

Sharp chords in the darkdrums pulse like a warning heartsilence looks away

Songs I used to lovenow echo like wrong answersmy ears turn away