Category Archives: Personal

Dying fashion

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Traveler

I have a blazer. It is one of few things I own that I’d run into a burning house to rescue. It is a fashion piece, but for me it is strongly associated with the passings of two people:  one … Continue reading →

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Angel

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Traveler

Halloween is nearly upon us. Yet how far this intriguing holiday of lore has traversed from the Halloween of our pasts… (apparently there was a time I was an angel, and there I am, looking somewhat numb, lost, and not … Continue reading →

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Sam

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Traveler

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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Frank

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Traveler

I’ve written several times in this space over the past few years about death and dying and those I’ve lost.  Unfortunately, on April 1, there was another death, this one unexpected. His name is Frank, and he was the longtime … Continue reading →

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Bedtime Stories

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Traveler

A recent article by Pagan Kennedy published in the New York Times titled “The Insomnia Machine” got me thinking about my own struggles with sleeplessness. I’ve always favored the night hours over the day.  They are often my best hours … Continue reading →

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More Musings on (Not) Writing

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Traveler

This post may not have a point to it, but that’s the point. I’ve been writing since I was a kid. Like many kids, I wrote stories — sometimes for school, sometimes just to amuse my siblings or to get … Continue reading →

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The passing of Genius

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Traveler

Precisely five years ago this month, in April 2011, I attended (and wrote about, here) a personal event at a Prince concert at The Forum in Inglewood, California.  The Purple One was doing a series of concerts at the time … Continue reading →

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Secret Service

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Traveler

There have been a few periods of my life when I pretended to be somebody else. The vast majority of those were during childhood and occurred exclusively in my mind or in a childhood game and lasted only hours or … Continue reading →

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