Ex Con Descending on Paris
It's Paris fashion week, I can tell because a member of the Von Trapp family just sauntered by wearing designer lederhosen. Also on display are razor thin, pout stricken models in tattered denim. Unfortunately, the homeless drug addict look is big this year. Excited to participate, I pull out my marino wool Costco socks, hmm, …
If you want to be hit in the face with an olfactory 2x4, step inside any one of the fromageries sprinkled about Paris. You'll find no aerosol Fromage Whizz in France. Be it sheep (brebis), goat (chèvre) or cow (vache), it's all udderly delicious. I was late to the fondue and have only recently …
An endless procession of anaemic scooters, and with the same whiney intensity as weed eaters, take over my street at dusk. Like the little guy with the big mouth who won't shut up. Like me. They aren't going fast, but they are definitely pushing the limits of rotations per minute as demonstrated by the way …
Words of wisdom from a bumbling American tourist: if you’re looking to endear a group of foreign religious pilgrims, let your transition lenses adjust from the glaring sunlight before making your grand entrance into the dark mid-evil dungeon that is Musée de Cluny. I thought, wow, what’s that? and made a beeline towards a 600 …
I've had a temporary power outage. It's been all things Trump, all the time. A form of walking pneumonia. I see his ugly hateful face, even in my dreams, and I seethe. I see a glory thirsty monster that would knock off the Dalai Lama if he thought he could steal that title too. Man …
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Outdoorsy Pacific North Westerners, may remember fishing with uncle Henry or aunt Henrietta as a kid. Good times. Fishing is also a junkies term for a heart stopping cocaine, or meth overdose, not so good times. I think about them every day. Etched on my mind is John, brother of Michael, whom I spent plenty …
Here is a snippet of my new manuscript, working title, The Book of Ample. Ample is the protagonist in this generational family saga. I don't exactly know what she'll be up to at all times yet, but I do care about her and want her to be around for a while. Now, I'd like to …
