Monthly Archives: June 2012

The Measure of Happiness

June 10, 2012 – 12:04 pm

Last month my sister, her husband, and I celebrated my 60th with lobsters, steamers, Pinot Grigio on Watchic Pond. An early evening breeze fended the mosquitos away from the dock. My brother-in-law dressed accordingly; tee-shirt, shorts, and no shoes. Neither of us had shaved for days. “What you think?” My brother-in-law pulled out a pipe. […]

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BRANDI by Looking Glass

June 10, 2012 – 10:45 am

One summer night in 1973 my friend Peter Gore and I were tripping on LSD and decided to catch the dawn rising from the Atlantic. We got into my VW and drove north out of Boston. Traffic was very light that early in the morning. Peter tried to find something groovy on the AM radio […]

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Cross On The Road

June 10, 2012 – 10:09 am

Texas State regulations state clearly that pedestrians and bicyclists are not allowed on the Interstates, however this rule has been waived for a teenage boy dragging a cross. Junior Garcia’s destination is Washington DC and his mission on this 1369 mile trip is to raise money to buy holy roller cars for Assembly of God […]

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You Bet I Would 63

June 8, 2012 – 7:40 pm
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Isn’t That John Waters

June 8, 2012 – 5:46 pm

BACK AND FORTH my novel about hitchhiking cross-country is on the verge of completion. Two more segments will about my writing THE END on the last page. I’ve been trying to finish those two stories for most of April and May, but like a Texan two-laner the books keeps stretching toward an ever-distant horizon. Throughout […]

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