Life in the Time of Corona #8 (That just ain’t right, Bang away, Pain in the time of corona, Love me a good poet)

That just ain't right During these times when Captain No Fish is not allowed near his office for work (if you can call it that) we sometimes have coffee in the mornings outside. We usually take our coffee in my patio since it is more open and you can see more of the outside world,...

The Absence of Me (things I think about when I think I am not myself)

This is the 4th coffee shop I have sat in in the last hour. I can't seem to find my focus today. That's a rare thing for me. Granted I have less important things to do nowadays, so focusing is not a life and death issue anymore, but still, it's a rare (and unwelcome) thing....

“Blogging is not writing. It’s just graffiti with punctuation.”

Blogging is not writing. It's just graffiti with punctuation. - from the movie Contagion Long before I started a blog I saw the movie Contagion, starring Matt Damon and that blonde girl (Iron Man's girlfriend) whose name I can never remember, and have no desire to Google. The movie was about a quick spreading and...

Questions

Sometimes I like to sit by an old old tree and ask it what it knows and if it knows me Does it know my name Has it seen me here around Am I a whisper in its leaves Before they fall onto the ground Am I found among its rings Am I carved along...