the ticket collector

Note I wrote this almost two months ago and saved it as a draft. I was just talking to someone about music reaction videos, so I thought I...

While reading Vanity Fair today, I remarked on the route of the coach carrying Becky through greater London to reach Queen's Crawley at ...

 What is the Cornish speaking community like ? I’m not sure how accurate it is overall to talk of “the Cornish speaking community” — there’s...

 On Saturday it is my practice to attempt to rise early enough to hear the livestream of the Polish version of the Rosary at Lourdes. As opp...

 My current stack of books in active reading include the following: 1. Vanity Fair , Thackeray 2. Year of Wonders , Geraldine Brooks 3. Sele...

  The venerable Wii remote used in the "Just Dance" app. Brings back fun memories. Today is the 20th birthday of my twin nieces. I...

Standing before the open gate of the compound of Mary Undoer of Knots, I paused a minute to take in the beautiful vista of the buildings and...

 My hike was vigorous and rewarding to the point of making me remember entire aspects of my being that I had suppressed. Awakening neglected...

 I woke up on Saturday morning, our second full day at the lodge, with a sense of excitement at the days plans. Not only had I resolved to a...

 Besides the rain clouds and the rain on the first night, one of the delightful twists of this first (second year in a row on the Fourth) wa...

 Back from our three-night trip to Mt. Lemmon, specifically the Mt. Lemmon Lodge in Summerhaven. Driving up the mountain this year brought t...

  His literary career seems to divide naturally into three stages. Up to 1749 [age 40], he is the desperately poor, bitter, Grub Street jour...

Hat to Mr. Silverstein , for inspiring this post. Scottsdale, about to leave for Mount Lemmon Lodge in Summerhaven, Arizona First you drive ...

 The idea that somehow shifts the earth's magnetic field strength may be contributing to the kind of experiences I was mentioning in the...

The last few days I have only an acceleration of a sensation of being adrift in time, in some liminal place, in an unfamiliar world. The wor...

Is "Outside Over There" an example of a liminal space? I'm referring here not to the Sendak book Outside Over There , but to t...

 Our ---that was was the word of the day from Mr. Oliver's The Dictionary Story as I was about to head out the door for work this mornin...

Right before I left for work today, I went out the patio to tidy up. On the little round table are stacked all my books, under the shade of ...

 Monday morning. Another work week ahead. I'm about to drive into Tempe and park in my usual spot. Every day that passes lately I feel s...

 For much of my life, I saw my own life in terms of being cast as a character in the story of America. America was idea that was a story, a ...

 It's been hard to write about anything here lately. Somehow I lost the bead of thought I had going, I suppose. But it is more than that...