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“Daddy, I’m puking!” Ah, the sweet open innocence of youth! But is this a harbinger of things to come? For …
Category Archives: Literature
Hardwired For Heroes
Do you here that? bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk! It’s the sound of the hero’s fall in James Joyce’s hallucinatory behemoth Finnegans Wake. And …
A Knight’s Tale… Finis
After dinner yesterday I slipped quietly out the back door and rather than stop by the local pub for an …
Sunday afternoon… in the city
It is Sunday and I have a few hours to spare. I am dropped downtown with my camera in hand …
Hail to GraceHopers, Past and Present
I’m not finished with this idea of the GraceHoper yet, not by a long shot. If you didn’t catch my …
GRACEHOPERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!
Alternate title: The Ant And The GraceHoper Wannabee The busy weekend is over and presently I am driving the backroads …
Ebooks… My Only Quibble
The ebook revolution is slowly catching on. They are in coffee shops, on park benches, in campgrounds, everywhere. Hard core …
Paper Money
Just ink and paper. A means of conveyance. A way of transferring something from one person to the next. Value …
Mountains… of the Spirit
At Silvertip there’s another order of quiet stillness. The odd cawing of a raven, the angry chirruping of a red …
Before Blogs…There Were ‘Zines
The Fool. Straining towards the light of the sun, and moon, carrying his paltry few possessions in a hobo-bag slung …
Omphalos Cafe 