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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Sunday, April 30, 2017

survival advice


April 30, posted over the years  (I was so much older then…)
more slogans from the 8th grade bulletin board

         survival advice
Flattery is alright if you don’t inhale
Those searching for the key to life seldom try the knob
To not desire the forbidden is to desire the impossible
Never offend with style when you can offend with substance
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity
Knowing the tricks is not all to knowing the trade
Thick skin is a gift of the gods
He who laughs last thinks slowest
The difference between ignorance and apathy?  I don’t know and I don’t care
One of these days is none of these days
Move over and let the big dog eat
Shut up and dance
The vulture flies with carrion luggage
I’d rather be being
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