The woman in the photo is Michelle Renn, a model.  She’s a size 12.  I look like her.

                &nbs… Read full post »

                  It’s not breaking news that scientists have proved humans aren’t the only animals who communicate with sounds which might be called speech.  Chimpanzees coo and bark, scream and h… Read full post »

            “Hey.”

            “We just touched down.  Where are you?”

            “… Read full post »

I drove to Kansas after Grandma’s funeral to get them
No one wanted those fancy glass dishes but me; must be
They hadn’t seen them on the table, winking like diamonds
At every place, plates and glasses and bowls, and platters
You could/… Read full post »

any questions?

i didn’t think so

you’re the one 

I'm not a huge fan of sweet potatoes.  I like them but don't love them.  White (or yellow) potatoes, on the other hand -- well, my thighs don't like them, but my mouth sure does.  I do, however, like the color of sweet potatoes, especially when all that brown… Read full post »

     My little brother thinks I’m crazy.  He swears that no one on earth has ever done or will ever do some of the things that I’ve pulled off, things that have had him rolling on the floor laughing or staring at me in amazement, mouth wide open,… Read full post »

1.   Leeks. 

2.   Peee/cahn pie (imagine Billy Crystal) and plum crostata (I know it’s technically two things but they’re both dessert.  Sue me).

3.   My daughter (I know you think your kids are great but ppffffff… Read full post »

 "We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them down behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except the memory of the smell of smoke and a presumption that, once, our eyes watered." -- Tom Stoppard

A… Read full post »

  A little fun for you on this ho-hum Thursday morning.  Bear with me through the setup.

I was in LA yesterday.  My friend has recently moved to a loft downtown.  On the way to dinner, she wanted me to see The Standard, a tres chic hotel nearby, so we… Read full post »

FROM:   Candace S____________ [email address]

DATE:   January 27, 2010 8:51:30 AM PST

TO:   president@whitehouse.gov

SUBJECT:  Pierre Trudeau - Leadership 

Dear President Obama:

     &nbs… Read full post »

Cass was singing Bonnie Raitt’s version of “Runaway” with an insistent drumline and the boys’ urgent guitars and a harmonica behind her, her throaty voice reaching into the jeans of every man in the room.  The heel of her scuffed boot kept time, tig/… Read full post »

             “Holy shit, Cass.”

                  “I told you.  I saw it earlier. … Read full post »

Lookit that face.  Lookit those wrinkles.  No work done there.  Fist clenched in the air for Martha, even if she is wearing a nonPC fur.  I bet her neck is warmer than mine. 

After totally gratuitous opening, here's the meat of this post. 

I'm su… Read full post »

         There are 11 drafts in my OS list and eight in my Documents folder on the Mac.  I scanned them this morning, trying to find something, anything to write about – killer cows, my run-ins with Bill Clinton, how $6 will buy you so… Read full post »

 FICTION FRIDAY FINDS

The prolific Ronnie Ray Jenkins posted three (not counting non-fiction) pieces this week: The Porch Swing, Soup Kitchen Baby, and Dog Killing Made Easy (Death on the Ice).

Scarlett Sumac's excellent piece/… Read full post »

He stood across the room, engaged in conversation
Heavy shoulders pushing against the fabric of his shirt
Shadows of the evening darken his sable eyes
I laughed, loud and real; he turned at the sound and smiled

He thinks, in his competitive, proprietary way
My wife is/… Read full post »

            I was only 25 and had never been to New York.  Heck, I’d hardly been anywhere, really. 

            My client, Ron (and yes, that’s the thunder… Read full post »

I’d rather not leave this hotel
and go downtown
right now
to meet my business friends

Because -- right now? --
I’d like you to take my shoes off
and unbutton my shirt
slowly
while you watch my reaction

And I don’t want to know
your middle name
right now
or how you like your… Read full post »

Up so late last night, supine, barely ascending to sleep’s surface

from this warm soft lake; random pictures blink

on, off, on, off in my molasses-y/sticky mind, not ready to wake

Lids part, just slits, for an instant, in… Read full post »

• From: Jack Brigham
• Subject:   Musings
• To: Claire Stephenson
• Date: December 1, 2009

 Dear Claire, 

            I’m in New York this week and walked across Central Park yesterday to meet friends at 75^th and/… Read full post »

Hear yeee, hear yeeee, reeeeeeeeeead alla boudit! 

             Air Canada announced today that it will begin direct-flight service from Toronto to San Diego, the first plane to land in America’s Finest City on June 17. 

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They need someone to hold

Maybe that’s all it is, sure

Get them busy packing my cute shoes

Tomorrow they’ll grip the steering wheel,

try to dial in the… Read full post »

This is my indoor watery sex fantasy.  As Eddie Izzard might say, Splashy splashy, then sexy sexy.

Here’s what I need:

A steam shower, 4’ by 6’

  

  

and a pulsating handheld (This one's trade name is Euphoria. … Read full post »