1. A kayak is a type of Eskimo light boat, originally made from seal-skins stretched over a wooden frame. The word kayak comes from the Danish kajak and the Greenland Eskimo qayaq and literally means “small boat of skins.” 2. A museum of 4 in the morning: A new website devoted to pop cultural references to […]
1. Things have finally slowed down enough around here that when Joe asked one night what I was doing the next day, the extent of my answer was: “I’m on a mission to buy broccoli.” (Translation: I need to go grocery shopping.) 2. When I woke up the next morning the first thing I said […]
1. On the first day of the New Year my computer said this: 2010/01/01. The big decision was whether to call this New Year “two thousand and ten” or “twenty ten.” 2. Out for the benefit concert for our friend Wolf Cherrix on one of the coldest nights in Virginia history, my friend Jayn and […]
1. Writing is a lot like surfing. You have to catch the wave of creativity and ride it. If you don’t wait for the wave, you’ll be just paddling without much momentum. 2. Waves come and go. If you miss one you can wait for another. But they’re not predictable like a bus schedule, so […]
1. New answering machine message: What’s your story, Morning Glory? 2. There’s more where that came from HERE. 3. Paradox: Why is an empty heart heavy and a full heart light? 4. While interviewing the owner of a new spa in Floyd, I discovered that cosmetology and cosmology are light years apart but I can’t […]
1. It was an honor to receive an email from long time blog friend Pearl telling me that she had written a poem about me. It’s HERE. 2. Joe and I were watching Saturday Night Live last weekend when he surprised me by asking in all seriousness, “So who are they going to get to […]
1. Sometimes I feel like a “Talking Head” who has “Stopped Making Sense.” 2. Speaking of Talking Heads, David Byrne’s latest blog entry is called “Internet Anti-Christ.” He makes this point: I see that in my lifetime I will witness the end of books, or most of them, physical copies of recorded music and probably […]
1. I played THIS song (another personal anthem of mine from the 60’s) on New Year’s Day and had myself a good cry. I was happy for the song’s ability to reach in deeply and make me remember and feel. 2. I also played THIS (the yin to the yang of the previous song) and […]
