Pablo Neruda's Love Sonnet 50: A Translation
50Cotapos dice que tu risa cae como un halcón desde una brusca torre y, es verdad, atraviesas el follaje del mundo con un solo relámpago de tu estirpe celeste que cae, y corta, y saltan las lenguas del rocío, las aguas del diamante, la luz con sus abejas y allí donde vivía con su barba el silencio estallan las granadas del sol y las estrellas, se viene abajo el cielo con la noche sombría, ...
Drummer Earl Palmer died. You've surely heard...
A musician passed away just the other day. In all likelihood you never knew his name. But you've probably heard him, no exaggeration, on thousands of occasions. He was drummer Earl Palmer, and some of the thousands of songs he propelled with his versatile grooves and masterful sense of time include Tutti Frutti and Lucille, La Bamba, Let's Go Get Stoned, I Don't Need No Doctor, Unchained Melody, ...
You were the greatest...
You were the greatest It doesn't matter at all if you didn’t clamber up thecorporate ladder to success; prepared appetizing foodin the domestic kitchen instead, It doesn’t matter at all if you didn’t earn exorbitantheaps of money; waited with a glimmer of hope in youreyes for your husband to arrive back from officeinstead, It doesn’t matter at all if you didn’t pioneerspurious ...
On the Anthology Diet
I'm a slow writer. Poems enter at will; the chapters of the memoir and the novel flow slow blood through my arms. So I often delay the satisfaction of publication until the faraway completion of these manuscripts.. Writing without publishing is a fast, a little bit of a deprivation of essential writing vitamins. Writing energy suffers, the electro-lytes clog the writing muscles and I am in need ...
This Sunday.
Last night KidThree and I went to a gathering of friends and family of her friend who died at the end of June--this was the young man who died from a rare infection, not one of the many murder victims in her circle. Both his parents, his maternal grandmother, and two of his brothers were there, along with a dozen or so young people. All shared memories of the young man, laughing about some of ...
You just fall in love...
You just fall in love There was no age stringently defined to fall in itsheavenly swirl; embrace its cistern of majesticenchantment for centuries unprecedented, There was no time irrevocably defined to experienceits exuberant timelessness; catapult to the ultimatesummit of its gloriously enthralling victory, There was no color intransigently defined to enticeits stupendous aroma; possess ...
MM's Window on the World: Online Dating,...
Okay. Now you can exhale. Here is the story about Clark. I might first mention that Clark was (and is) an illusion - including to himself. I suppose that was his charm and attraction. But maybe, just maybe, that will already set up a couple of red flags in your mind. Other than that, Clark was perfect.I had spotted his profile on Match.com, sent to me by the Match selection gods. He seemed to be ...
Some Pictures from the Beach
I returned from a wild week of writing and plotting last night and thought I'd share a few pictures. Bren took all of these (except the one of her, of course). These were taken from our back deck (we had a great view of the snowy egrets!) and Bren captured the storm fence on one of her beach strolls. We had a wild and windy time Wednesday night as a storm blew through. I don't think I'd want to ...
Turning in my testosterone card and taking...
Okay. For the record, I don't like most chick flicks. At least not the contemporary ones. They bore me to tears and come off like Lifetime or WE movies of the week to me.That said, I must embrace my feminine side and admit that there are some pretty awesome chick flicks out there that I really do enjoy.And here they are, the best chick flicks (in no particular order):1. Say Anything2. ...
"Apologies Forthcoming" Triggers Discussion on Cultural Differences
Last December I met with the director of our town library and set up a reading from my new book Apologies Forthcoming. She was happy to accommodate me but warned that it was hard to draw a crowd, that even well-known authors have shown up to empty rooms. She was, thus, pleasantly surprised when a roomful of people showed up and, she told me afterwards, very impressed with the animated discussion. ...
