I am watching the Indian Runner. The movie, inspired by a Springsteen song, was written and directed by Sean Penn. I think springsteen and penn could be the same person. It is a starkly beautiful movie shot in the early 90's but has the very feel of a movie crafted out of 70's style cinema. …
Maria and Lupe
What a productive day thus far... I've searched the internet for hours, posted comments to journal after journal and done just about anything else I could to avoid real work. About every hour or so I'll drop back over and spend about five minutes of moving text around, throwing up a picture or what not …
what did love teach you?
Nothing is especially brave or exceptional about not saying those words or being passionate about them. The truth is in the action. And the things that are real can only be proven with time. I guess I can officially call this Christmas season to a close. Relatively uneventful and much calmer (read easily) than last …
short story but a long post
I have often lamented how I have trouble enjoying the short stories I read. I keep trying them though. Before my trip to Montana I picked up a book called Lit Riffs. A great idea...take a favorite song and then write a short story in the way that particular song inspires you. Such a great …
writing while you mow
I am writing all the time now...little stories as I mow the lawn or drive down the street. I am carefully constructing these little fantasies of worlds in turmoil or more of a utopia than my own. Stories, that for the first time, are not my own. Real fiction. I never get them down anywhere …
Dixie's Road Trip 