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Post Nubila Phoebus
It’s been one helluva year! I’ve had the highest highs and the lowest lows. It reminds me of the time when I was 12 years old and we went to the beach. I made the mistake of turning my back on the ocean. The next thing I knew I was being tossed and spun around…
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Yearnings
For the past 6 months I’ve had a lobster craving that is practically driving me out of my mind. And the sad part is that I’ll just have to live with that, because mine is not a lobster existence. On my budget, even fake crab is a luxury that I rarely get to indulge. Knowing…
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Shocked
I heard this story once about a guy on a subway, stuck in a car with a man and his five obnoxious kids. The father sat there and did nothing as these kids ran around jumping on things and shouting and just generally making a nuisance out of themselves. Finally the guy couldn’t hide his…
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A Day of Rememberance
Today is the day that they will scatter the ashes of Chuck Guerra, the man I loved most in the world. It will be done off the jetties on Hutchinson Island, Florida, because it was one of the places he loved most in the world. We would walk out there and sit on a bench…
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Unwelcome Parallels
As I sat here on the drawbridge tonight there were several vessels transiting below me with their spotlights sweeping to and fro in an effort to find a 57 year old man who fell in the water nearby. It’s been hours, so I know they’re now primarily focused on body recovery. There are private boats…