Previous My mom had the most shiny, reddish-auburn hair you’d ever seen. In her senior high school photo, it flowed elegantly down her mid-back, parted precisely in the middle, and draped over her shoulder. Beauty was a family trait extending to her younger sisters, known as “The four Alexander girls,” whose house on Carriage LaneContinue reading “The Spot (Book Part 10)”
Category Archives: Travel
Queen Of The Road
There are twenty-three minutes until my next session. It’s with a couple that lives in their car. The summer was good to them, dry and warm and easy for the most part. But now? The temperature’s dropping fast, and I’m curious to hear how it’s going. I told them about my stint with car livingContinue reading “Queen Of The Road”
Book Writing Blues
Until my fingers hit the keyboard, I’m not writing; I’m doing what’s referred to as thinking about writing. It’s an inevitable trap to which many a writer falls victim. Its forsaken oubliette is filled with nothing more than angst, despair, and hopelessness. But in actual writing? There is a promise, a light in the darkness,Continue reading “Book Writing Blues”
Make Me Eargasm
I’m thinking about the puppetmaster-like sway the mixture of a melody, a voice, and the lyrics have over a person’s memory. It’s like being strapped into a roller coaster and hearing the words, “Ready or not, here you go.” A song transported me to 2012 when I lived out of an ’84 Westfalia camper van.Continue reading “Make Me Eargasm”
All Systems No
Do you have a go-to system for doing things? A formula you can rely on when shit hits the fan? I do, but for the longest time, I didn’t and relied on the universe’s good vibbity-vibes to see me through. An older hippie friend of mine, Peter, drove his converted school bus from Los AngelesContinue reading “All Systems No”
Going On 40 