I Am But A (Corn) Pup of Letters

Prolific and most generous poet and writer Marly Youmans interviews me in palatial style. Scamper to The Palace at 2 a.m. to see the scrim lifted.

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The Chocolate Doughnut Principle

Our neighborhood is changing; it has been for the past two or three years. Especially the kids.
Land is being rezoned all around us from residential to commercial. Modest ranch-style homes on multi-acre lots are being bought up and bulldozed, replaced with strip malls containing the ubiquitous nail salons, dollar stores, carnecerias and billiard halls. I [...]

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I’m walkin’, yes indeed I’m talkin’ …

Went to J’s talent show dress rehearsal this evening (it went really well!) then to our favorite Thai place for dinner. (Okay, the girls — timid tastebuds that they have — had Wendy’s instead.) Low key tonight was fine with me now that my life is half over — I mean, half begun(?). The wild [...]

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