Some close, personal and long time friends of mine have started a website - Collectible Antiques Etc. They "started it out of a love of history and a desire to understand more about antiques and collectibles." There's some good material there about antiques and collectible items. I think they may be starting a business. In any event if you have even the slightest interest in … [Read more...]
i cannot continue with such insidious memory
i cannot continue with such insidious memory – like yesterday all my past laid out before me – all regrets dropped upon me like a thousand heated ingots of iron – hell erupted from a serenity i had attained once – a clash of past and future at a central point of my present – i want it all – I don’t want to get old – I don’t want to die – I want to gain wisdom – I want to live … [Read more...]
If there was a…
I'm not sure if I wrote this or not - if I didn't maybe someone will let me know but I found it scrawled amongst my writings. If there was a way to… complete and break… a cycle a circle… as letters keep…If there was a time to… heal and mend… a thought or line… as numbers meld…If there was a place to… hold and hail… a touch or taste… as arms embrace…If there was a word to… … [Read more...]
Austin Techno-Rant
The Austin, Texas area is growing like some crazy monster from a Japanese horror flick. The whole area is going to undergo future/culture shock at once. Particularly menacing is the area of North Austin, Pflugerville, and Round Rock. Massive amounts of medication are going to be required to keep the natives sane or at least numb enough to survive the mutation. Don’t … [Read more...]
Eulogy For My Sister
Beth was my sister, my first friend and one of my closest friends. Beth and I grew up together. We played together as children. I recall one occasion when I convinced her that dirt was good for her hair and that a good bucketful dumped on her head would make her hair all the more beautiful. We rebelled from our parents in a similar fashion. I remember her driving me crazy every … [Read more...]