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A Life in the Corner
From time to time, Sam would set aside his reclusive behavior and try to join the human race. Sometimes this would happen at social events at the different jobs he had over his forty-five years on the job. Once, it was while trying and failing to become a member of a local chapter of the Oddfellows. Another… Read more
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Post Sex & the Opposite Sex
I remember when I was in high school, we had a speaker who filled the gym. He spoke a lot about responsible relationships, marriage, and abstinence to a full house of randy teenagers. Mind you, I was the loser when it came to the ladies, so it wasn’t like I was a sperm cluster bomb… Read more
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Wendell Berry 1934-2026: This one hurts
“We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. We have been wrong. We must change our lives so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption, that what is good for the world will be good for us. And that… Read more
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The Substitute Yoga Teacher
This is mostly a work of fiction. Some of it actually happened. I’ll leave it up to the reader to decide what parts are factual and what parts are a product of my sexually frustrated old mind. I do love women’s feet, though! — I walked into the lobby of the neighborhood yoga studio; every… Read more
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Pumpkin to Pecan to Rhubarb; Success!
When I was old enough to drive, my father would occasionally hand me some cash after dinner and tell me to go to the Marie Callender’s up the street to pick up a pie. Usually it was pumpkin, one of his favorites. This should have been a simple arrangement: he bought the pie; he got… Read more
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The Plus-One
First, an apology: Back on August 1 of this year, I published a piece of fiction called Samantha’s Porch. I didn’t receive any comments on the piece on WordPress, and I am fine with that, but two people close to me (my older brother and a cousin) texted me about it, and their initial reactions… Read more
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