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 22, 2016

The life of my wife is a grand success


from this week in 2013  (I was 68)

The life of my wife is a grand success
she pushes the forward button
with determined persistence
moves things out of the way
or drags them along with her
She has a fear of finishing things
until she has begun two or three more
She sees the simple solution to complexity
but also draws out infinite detail
to explain nuances she has found
in any unanimous agreement
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