Stranded
“It was Steiglitz.” “It was Strand.” “Which one was banging O’Keefe?” “What?” “One of those guys was sleeping with [...]
I walked away from the hospital room…
…one day in December. I’d been there too long and too often and there were never enough chairs. So, I walked away from the hospital room and went next door to the zoo. Next door was [...]
It was sometime late December, a couple of decades ago.
The plaster fell from the wall. The mic stand hadn’t seen a mic in a dozen months or more. The decorator had died before starting the job. The tape was giving up the ghost. The thumb [...]
Nightmare Revisited
From a few years back, but just as vivid today. I can clearly see the kids from the front window. They’re playing some game, but something doesn’t seem right. White [...]
UPDATE: It’s kinda sad what he became.
Anybody remember when Jimmy Buffett was a good songwriter? Anyone? It’s been a hell of a long time since he was. He’s a hell of a lot richer now that he has learned the fine art of [...]
17 things I learned from listening to country music in carpool in the 70’s
This is another repost from the old days. The 1970’s were wrong in so many ways and right in so many others. The first song I remember hearing on the radio was Johnny Cash and Waylon [...]
Excuse me while I kill this snitch
This is a repost of a story that I wrote years ago. The associated images were lost in a web migration and I have them again and thought, “Why not?” And now the story. Obviously, my [...]
