As dawn comes later each day I’m further along my journey to London before I leave the dark behind and the day begins. One day it’s Grately, a few days later it’s Andover before the gray gives way to light. Later … Continue reading
Category Archives: Postcard
I found this shilling near a clothes line. I am humbled to think that people have hung their laundry between those same two trees for nearly four generations. That’s real permanence. Great-great-grandma didn’t check the pockets closely one day and … Continue reading
I eventually found the alien lying outside on the concrete driveway. How she finds that comfortable I’ll never know. She didn’t let my presence stop her from sitting on the bin and staring off into space. I guess if you’re an … Continue reading
I had a sudden vision of me as an old man. I was riding a three-wheeled bike along a country road and stopping ever so often to sweep glass or debris off the verge. A police officer came by and warned me … Continue reading
On the train today I noticed this elderly asian lady sitting in the row in front of me. Her hair was up in pigtails and she wore headphones shaped like a Poke-ball. She took them off when the guard spoke to her and I could … Continue reading
Last night it was suddenly very important to me to find out if the “Scotch pines” back home were actually from Scotland or native and if they were the same thing as a “Scots pine.” But ultimately it was more … Continue reading
Man I love the way water moves on this planet! I bet there’s a civilization out in space somewhere that consider watching waves crash on the beach as an orgasmic experience. Captured at a thousand frames per second babycakes! Add in … Continue reading
The seat back in front of me has a crack in it right at forehead level. There’s tiny lines and dendrites like a brain cell. What if someone thought something so hard that it became embedded in the vinyl? I … Continue reading
Morgana: You came to me in a dream last night and in short order much that had vexed me is now corrected. I’m sure they all deserved it more than I deserve you! And all you asked in return was a takeaway and some lemon … Continue reading
It was never going to work out. Our biomes were too different! I should have taken that as the first hint. I’m all chill, dark, and remote and she’s all microflora and ‘moisture.’ But oh she was so hot! The first few times our paths … Continue reading