I can easily explain what leaves me cold about a musician like Elton John, why his songs don’t hold me musically or lyrically. And yet, there he is in Spinal […]

The telephone has several options, each however leads to an answering machine suggesting I leave a general message. I do, but also sense it probably not different than what physics […]

These days I choose medium firm, whereas for years I would have used firm – but medium has more water. Tofu steaks. By the time the baking is complete it […]

First came the laughter. Not from joy, but disbelief. The promoter’s promises evaporated, money was “on its way,” “stuck in the system,” “coming tomorrow.” Then silence. The bassist swore up […]

I ask my daughter to eat more vegetables she shoos me away. So I place cut red peppers before her and they disappear. I place cucumbers before her, they vanish. […]

Lately, I’ve been in conversations about platforms like Patreon or Locals, and how they differ from traditional blogging. I will try one of them, but I’m drawn more to Locals […]

“Once upon a time,” her mother began, tucking the blanket a little closer under her daughter’s chin, “there was a musician who loved to play the piano late at night. […]

EXT. HIGHWAY – NIGHT A motorcycle ROARS across the asphalt, headlights cutting a thin blade through the dark. The rider leans low, the ENGINE THRUM vibrating through his bones. CLOSE […]

I wrote a song years ago, or perhaps it was yesterday, time has that dissolving quality when you look back too long, of the Conservative Party taking their majority in […]