March 10, 2006 Friday The seas are today throwing us around like a bad carnival ride. This morning I had a dream I was on a plane undergoing extreme turbulence, the pilot continually giving the plane gas and then braking. The subject for a few days has been schools and such so I wanted to break…
Tag: Underway
Something About Going Out – Meeting My Doppelganger
January 31, 2005 Monday This is something about going out, the slow drawing away from the pier and the other moored ships, the water between us steadily expanding. Something is missing, to be sure- the heavy thud of canvas dropping from far above to be filled with a life-giving gale. Yet in a profession when…
The Modern Jalapeno Popper
written February 11, 2006 Neil Young said in a recent issue of Rolling Stone that writing is all about being receptive. A song, he explained, can appear to him fully-formed, if only he is patient. In that way he receives songs more than writes them. If he is stuck for a lyric or stanza it…
Land Ho!
written February 18, 2006 The misty slopes of a rolling, green island slowly emerged this morning from its hiding place in the horizon. The exact name matters not, as I tell my story, other than to keep my fingers firmly attached. Punishment for “Leeking Information by Bottlyd Message” may not have been enforced since 1751,…
Overboard!
written July 3, 2006 A hazy blue van is slowly chasing myself and a group of three others through Germany. I knew they would catch us, somehow- it was only a matter of time. The Autobahn would only delay the inevitable. The riders in the blue van would find us. They would never tire, and…
No One Will Believe You 