04/08/2023-Let It Grow-Tortuga Gallery I. California is not the Promised Land. II. I always imagine some blue-haired old grandma that doesn’t know how to say, “Good-bye.” She’s from down south, somewhere, and she does this sort of shuffle at the door, this sort of Mississippi Half-Step Uptown. “Toodeloo,” she says…

One More Silver Dollar I. Maybe “ghosting” would’ve been better, But when the text came in, at midnight, just simply stating, “Don’t Want You No More,” I did not feel okay. But break-ups never feel okay, yet, when she further texted, “This relationship?…It’s not my cross to bear,” I knew…

In 1981, I finally got the cassette player for my stereo when my sister went off to college. While I had a turn table, I’d been waiting for the cassette player and my parents assured me I’d get it eventually. I wanted to mix tapes after all. In addition, I…

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about Bob Dylan. He’s turning 81 in May, and though I’ve been a fan for well over a decade, I’ve started looking at his work through a more poetic eye as that’s a legacy we’ll be wrestling with long after his records seem dated. …

I was doing laundry at my mother-in-law’s house and taking advantage of her subscription to Apple + TV by watching The Problem with Jon Stewart and he was interviewing Senator Tim Scott, from South Carolina. The show was about racism and America’s failure to really wrestle with its problematic history…

Our dog wakes up at the same time every day and before heading out to the living room for breakfast, walks over to my side of the bed, places her right front paw on the bed and stares at me. …

It wasn’t a planned thing, but back in August of 2016, I started posting random shots of beer on my Instagram (cross-posted to my Facebook). …

I didn’t have many expectations. I didn’t know Montreal or Quebec City, but just sat back and watched as my partner planned the family vacation with her two siblings and mother. I was just going to tag along, do what they wanted, and just try and be supportive (if necessary)…

Visiting the new used bookstore, I’m surprised