"…something like the supervisor of an entire team of political agents…"
There was a time when I was serious about backgammon. Not great, but serious.
At the serious-but-not-great level, backgammon is played with the reptile brain. For every situation, you learn and lock in a specific right response.
Roll, move. Roll, … Read on Macduff...
The first time I went to Muir Woods, the forest floor was flooded with people. It was like midday at Disneyland, only with Douglas Firs and Coastal Redwoods instead of Winnie the Pooh and pals.
I was discouraged. This was … Read on Macduff...
Junior year in college, my girlfriend Laura and I both applied to get into the Big Writing Class. There were always more applicants than seats in the BWC. I don’t remember exactly what I wrote as my sample, but I … Read on Macduff...
There were ten of us perched around the edge of the raft: me, my wife, her family, our river guide. We’d all signed up for an afternoon adventure in the form of whitewater rafting down the American River—some exercise, a … Read on Macduff...
The line that gives way over time
to oxygen and new molecules, bumbling about
That softens delineation with a hand that jumps
That leaves smudgeframed, then unframed a thing you asked to live inside a rectangle
(“hey, won’t you please … Read on Macduff...
as a thing that deserves extra meaning, how could
we use this phrase and you’d all follow? Such as:
“My head today, and your voice. My head, that rotting frame…”
and you’d know we meant the lines were shaky,
there … Read on Macduff...
throwing someone their cappuccino. the air doing
its best to keep things collected, to create
a charmed path.
ceramic following after, or
sometimes
leading in a tumble
heart-shaped froth fanning
out toward my
waiting
grip.
Johnny was always starting gangs
but he rarely finished them.
Which explained all those half-formed gangs
hanging around town
looking for Johnny.
Not really sure.
What to do next.
This past weekend, with a cool drizzle coating my beloved Bay Area, I finally had a chance to combine my passion for songs about bringing beer to people in Georgia with my love for chamber music orchestration. Herewith, the results…… Read on Macduff...
Today’s track is a wee rave-up version of “I Fall in Love too Easily,” by Jule Styne and Mr. Sammy Cahn. The tune was originally launched by a boyish Frank Sinatra in the film Anchors Aweigh in 1945 (herewith, a … Read on Macduff...