The wood of didn’t

by | Sep 19, 2023 | Poetry

  Faced with a wood—not an imposing wood or a grand wood, mostly oak, pine and maple, Simple trees, gray in the twilight beneath. A second growth on old farm land, Now reduced to the mere limits of a backyard, and the margin of sight from a patio, I am confronted...

High Window

by | Aug 30, 2023 | Blog, Poetry

What appeared to be a square of moonlight upon the floor, As I stepped forward with bare foot to see, Turned out to be a fallen pillow in the dark, And I was once again reminded of the magic of pillows, As well as the need of high windows and what can be seen there,...

An annotated browser

by | Nov 21, 2022 | Blog, Essays

  In ancient times, using a pen name, I wrote a series of short-short stories for use as one-page advertisements, under the heading ‘An annotated browser,’ to promote the shop. These are a few examples.   Counterpane          It is an established fact in the...

Biedermeier lives!

by | Jun 10, 2021 | Blog

Biedermeier: his identity, both mistaken and true is now available in paperback and Kindle from the great and powerful Amazon. From the back cover: Otto Biedermeier, the Hollywood icon and B-movie legend, was murdered by his wife, Mysterious Circumstances. Tom Lenz, a...

‘The Decision’

by | Jan 4, 2021 | Blog

I don’t know many libertarians. There aren’t a lot to know out here in the boondocks. Mostly it’s the same mix of people I knew in Boston, just fewer of them. And even the few libertarians I am aware of locally are not given to too much conversation. They are well...