A couple

surrounded by trees surrounded by Pittsburgh ruins that will be rebuilt dressed both in blue with just enough quirk to their style you know they put time and thought into it. Waiting for the wedding photographer and when you and your wife and daughter walk by and you say: “you are the best-dressed muggers I’ve … Read more

Your arm

A were-child a little were-girl with ponytails and a bike with a basket and bell can eat her own weight in about an hour. Which doesn’t sound like much but you know that’s more than your arm, your leg, your head.

A case

Is there a case to be made a first affirmative delivered in defense of collating those second-rate thoughts you might not see again (or even miss)? Shake them out of your hands, those drops of borrowed blue electric ink to make room in the sides of your fingers for some top-notch scribble sent down like … Read more

The 5 Books Meander, Week 7 (Va-Yetse’)

In brief: In Va-Yese’ we get the first of Jacob’s dreams, as well as the first mention of the tithe, one of those little ideas that has had gigantic implications. Jacob meets Rachel and Leah. Jacob the trickster is tricked by his father-in-law. The family grows, with as many kids roughly, as there is sand … Read more

Virtual LP: Happy Talk

I’m back in Cecil mode after a while away from ye old blog, and that’s pulled me back to recording mode. Herewith, a cover of a loverly Rodgers and Hammerstein tune from South Pacific packed into just less than 2 minutes of digitalia. time: 1:54 seconds; specs: 3.7M