“Writing is its own reward.” Henry Miller I am sitting here without very much to do at the moment. I’m thinking,“ You know, you simply can’t sit around doing nothing.” I am not sure why it always has to degenerate into “doing something.”  My kitten, Shelby, was a...

“If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.”Mark Twain Around this time of year, either in front of it or behind it, I tend to write some erudite crap about the state...

“Don’t underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.” Winnie The Pooh I take great personal joy in going in directions where I have little or no company. I also think contradicting myself...

”That until there are no longer First-class and second-class citizens of any nation Until the colour of a man's skin  Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes  Me say war” Bob Marley I don’t know how many times I have written I don’t know where...

“Beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life."Hunter S. Thompson Last Sunday, I was sitting cross legged at the end of the pier at Waimea. It is a favorite motorcycle ride, for two reasons. The most obvious is its sheer beauty and second, it is has the only...

“Yes. In the garden, growth has it seasons. First comes spring and summer, but then we have fall and winter. And then we get spring and summer again.”Chance the Gardner The above quotation is from a film, called Being There, written by Jerzy Kosinsky. He was a Polish...

“The expert knows more and more about less and less until he knows everything about nothing” Mahatma Gandhi As soon as I finished my last story on all of us now living in a reality TV show, I wanted to do what I am about to do. The reason for the vagary is I am not...

”I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.” Bruce Springsteen I am pretty sure this is the first time I have done anything remotely resembling research for one of these stories. From what I could gather, the first...

“A man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him.” – John Wayne It has been a handful of days since I wrote the Kiss My Asteroid story and I haven’t looked at it until just now. Aside from correcting some grammar, I didn’t want to touch it. As I wrote in that...

“Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception." Carl Sagan Christ, it’s Sunday and I shouldn’t be writing. I have now gotten into the habit of publishing stories on Friday afternoon, usually because I sit with them for at least several days. It is creatively...