Hiding in Plain Site

Power Poles. We see them every day and yet we don’t. They are an invisible zipper along the highway as if holding the two halves of the world together. Some days I try to follow them to see if they ever end… but they never do. And as I watch them stretch to the horizon,...

Internal Bleeding – Fiction

(I first wrote this story back in the early 90's when I was playing in a band. No, it's not based on real life, but at times when I was driving home from the gig at 2 AM trying to do anything to stay awake, I would let my mind wander. I edited this a...

How I found my place in music

I've been around music all my life. My dad was a jazz guitar player and all my older brothers play instruments too, so it's no surprise I got into it. Growing up I learned piano, guitar, drums and bass. I played in several bands and even wrote my own songs. My dad also had a...

Everything happens for a reason

Many things in life seem unexplainable. Like this, for example. The city just spent a bunch of money putting these in and I'm not sure why. I mean, there's probably a valid reason - at least I hope so. But then again, maybe not. Maybe some things happen completely at random with no reason at...

I Did Not Cry When My Dad Died.

The last picture of Dad before he died, dropping me off at the airport, December 4, 2006 My Dad died in 2006 and I wrote this shortly that. This is the abridged version. My goal with this was to capture the story so I would never forget as my memory fades. The Story of Dad’s...

How can people like Fall?

I don't understand how people can like Fall. Fall is where the living world retreats into its bomb shelter while the landscape is ravaged once again by the coming firestorm that is winter. Meanwhile the trees and bushes scream their bright oranges, reds and yellows like little children having temper tantrums until they are scolded...

So what have I learned?

A little while ago, I decided to change the pace of my blog. Instead of posting short vignettes about the world, I thought I'd try something different. After all, I have thoughts and opinions and that's what a blog is for, right? So I decided to branch out and try some new things, like some...

Final Boarding of Flight 702

Frank leaned against the cement column and closed his eyes as he replayed the dream. Actually, it wasn’t so much a dream as something, well, more. Dreams are blurry, disconnected and bizarre. This was vivid and concrete as if he had witnessed it in real life. It started exactly where he was now, waiting at...

Why the Catholic Church Can’t Change

Before I start, let me be clear. I am not a theologian on the Catholic or any religion. I have no formal authority. I am not an expert or claim to have any inside knowledge on the Catholic church. I am just a layman giving my opinion as I see it from my simple nobody...

You can’t build a country on hate.

Disclaimer: If you read my blog (and I know you don’t), most of my posts are non-controversial. I have opinions, but I'm not the type of person to shove my opinions in other people's faces. Also, I don’t like people yelling back at me because of something I said. So I usually stay clear from...