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, 2022

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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