Posted at 9:20pm, New York City. I don’t want to say goodbye to 2012, even though 2012 wasn’t that kind to me. I lost friends in 2012. Revered mentors and comrades such as George Birimisa. Cherished friends and colleagues like steven ben israel. Friends without whom I thought I could never live in this world, … Continue reading
SEE NOW, DAMN! It’s past 11:55pm and this entry has now posted on December 31, 2012 instead of the 30th, the date under which I’d hoped it’d be listed. Well, oops! Late again. That’s because of the Jack Daniels, I suppose, a return to a nasty tasty old habit of the 80s. That and the candlelight … Continue reading
Rene Magritte, Not To Be Reproduced “Stay up as long as you want to,” Dad says, as if I need permission at this stage of the game, at this point in my life, at this time of night. The nurse practitioner came, she made suggestions, she was very nice and was totally charmed by my … Continue reading
Said David Bowie. And he had it right. “Turn and face the strain.” What am I to say. I guess I cannot stay. Back to Californ-eye-aye. Facing the fading fast. The fulsome New York scene. Maybe on Hollywood Boulevard you could see a grand dame like the one below. But I won’t be getting anywhere … Continue reading
“Daddy, Daddy,” says the 63-year-old woman not without emotion. Daddy. Hospitalized on Christmas morning, released today, December 28. Three days of utter confusion and discomfort for him. Three days of uncertainty for the family. Now released for palliative home care. We are entering another phase. “Daddy, Daddy,” I whisper into his ear from 3100 miles … Continue reading
TODAY is Christmas, and although I am not a Christian, I say unto you, Peace On Earth, Goodwill Toward All. Here on Earth, times are hard. I’m told by my computer that the next update of OSX is now available. In other words, my computer is telling me what to do. But after all these … Continue reading
Society of Pelicans and a Seagull, Santa Barbara 2012, Photo: Joanie Fritz Zosike A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for. Martin Buber The above quote might indicate that Buber was speaking of Karma. I wonder. In a person’s individual … Continue reading
CHANGE is imminent as the days dither downward. The trees bare themselves naked, tremulous dreams perforate the dawn and morning is unable to draw me from the warm tank of sleep. In California, I was waking every day at 8:30, 7:30, even 7:00–rushing to the outer rooms to open the curtains and let the … Continue reading
Cosmographia, Sebastian Muenster, 1522 Getting in just under the wire, as is my wont. 5 to midnight. Where does time go? Into the other ether. Two weeks ago I was a writer. Now I’m an actor again. I have made my room my own. My house my home. When I walked back into my apartment … Continue reading
Keep it simple, is best Three syllable words Tragedy, massacre, Terrorize, platitude The reddened circles Beneath a child’s eyes Make her forever old Led by their teachers, “Hand in hand, “Eyes squeezed shut” They walk into the woods Try to scope out the secret “It’s over now, though,” Says the reporter, “Right?” The little girl … Continue reading
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