The air in the room sits still It’s not hot or cold, it’s indifferent • Plainly, I can’t sleep My mind running in all directions Possibilities stirring everything but the air • My purpose calls from several directions In silent…
2:15 am
Category: Short Stories
email Memories: Aprons Have a Very Personal History and Fond Memories, Please Read
(Notice that a “Medium” is a size 14 – 16) Remember making an apron in Home Ec? Remember Home Ec? If we have to explain “Home Ec” you may delete this. I just don’t have the energy anymore. Read below.…
Email: An Oldie but a Goodie, Julie’s Silver Ladle
John invited his mother over for dinner. During the meal, his mother couldn’t help noticing how beautiful John’s roommate Julie was. She had long been suspicious of a relationship between John and his roommate, and this only made her more curious.…
A Photographer’s Journal: Nice Introduction
On a fall afternoon, I headed to northeast Philadelphia to photograph the singer/songwriter Carole King who was campaigning for John Kerry in his run for president in 2004. I waited outside for her arrival as people gathered inside a local…
Cool email: With a Lesson Included, The Chemistry Test
The Chemistry Test There was once these these two guys who were taking Chemistry and who did pretty well on all of the quizzes and the midterms and labs, etc., such that going into the final they had a solid A. These…
What’s Your Blues Name, Find Out!
Here is a fun game we all can try, because Peter Tobia photographed this sign, somewhere! Let’s see, My Blues Name is Brown Money Washington! I never would have guessed that. What is yours?!?! Try it for yourself and send…
Life is Short
It’s 2:06 on 202 in Flemington Heading north Life is short • A truck with marble Made in Spain Passes me Life is short • The tractor dealer’s parking lot is empty • The American Flags At the car dealerships…
Google Earth Really Shows Us All, What a Small World It Is!
Have you ever been on Google Earth? It is really interesting, cool and helpful! Being my age, we have seen these things come about, and some of them are astounding to us. It boggles our minds, let alone our parents…
Our Perceptions, Our Perspectives, hmmmmmm . . . .
Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approx. 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their…
The Moment
I imagine the moment the way the buildings would look maybe brick with a history of faded color and chipped appeal people walking by their lives running cocurrently with mine but mine alive with change with pride with peace debri…