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 22, 2018

Video Game: Grandpa’s Walk in the Park


April 22, 2013  (I was 68)

      Video Game: Grandpa’s Walk in the Park
            Grandpa must make his way through the park
while encountering and evading dog crap, dogs off the leash
(annoying or vicious), young children on tricycles, skateboards,
scooters, teenaged nuisances, the oblivious, damaged
walkways, baby carriages and maintenance equipment, to
reach at last the tranquil path to the Enchanted Grotto and a
meditative perch (of many and varied from which to choose).
Once there each aware breath brightens foliage, increases
bird songs, the sound of water flowing, light fragrant breezes
and artistic inspirations in all genres.
            When overcome however, Grandpa must spend real time
back at a recovery area to slow down enough to once again
make the walk the goal.
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