I don’t write in a journal everyday, but I have accumulated many entries over the past 50+ years beginning in 1966. Some items evolved into longer works. Among the leftovers little pieces survived. I thought a collection of these with a piece culled from the same date in a past year would make an interesting yearbook. The consistencies and inconsistencies of mind, skipping back and forth across time, provide varied perspectives. It is difficult to remember the context of the past we’ve lived; we also make suppositions about times that predate ourselves.

The few alterations from original drafts were to improve clarity. The worst of my work is not included. There remains enough mediocrity and immaturity to make me feel humble and you feel smart. There are also moments of accidental insight and incidental humor.

Author Stephen Crane referred to his little pieces as pills…apparently they were small and somewhat hard to swallow, but good for you.


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Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Early on I knew I was on Earth


June 8, 2013  (I was 68)

Early on I knew I was on Earth
to learn humility
I’ve been given so many opportunities
early on I suspected
I’d never quite get the hang of it
Over the years I’ve grown to accept that
We are all limited in our talents
No matter the effort the perseverance
there are some goals
that remain unattainable
The problem is my perception
that what’s missing was of essence
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