Monthly Archives: July 2017

Sam

About 18 years ago, I felt inspired to write a strange little essay about Sam Shepard.  I don’t recall now why I composed it or what I had planned to do with it, if anything.  Ultimately, I did nothing with … Continue reading

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Cemetery hearts

“Behold and See as you Pass By As you are Now so Once was I As I am Now you soon will Be Prepare for Death and Follow Me.” On the grounds of St. Paul’s Chapel in lower Manhattan, New … Continue reading

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Vintagio* mini-films

A few years ago I got really into making little mini-movies with an app I was playing around with at the time called Vintagio*.  I would find something of interest to shoot with my iPhone camera, record a few minutes … Continue reading

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Babysitting by Willard

One of my favorite posts on the entire Internet — an excellent piece titled “If 70s Moms Had Blogs” — takes me hilariously back to the long-gone good-and-bad old days of the 1970s.  I’m somewhat of a nostalgia addict, so posts … Continue reading

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