And so begins my final year under 50. Your host, at work on his birthday In many ways yesterday was my first social media birthday. In addition to the e-cards — both sweet and scandalous — my Facebook profile page was filled with well-wishes and digital gifts. Contacts on Twitter and Plurk sent their regards, [...]
I am not terribly good at self-promotion. Nonetheless, I wish to point out that two of my pieces, “Directions” and “Climbing to the Moon,” have been nominated for South Florida Daily Blog 2008 Post of the Year. I encourage you to vote for the entry of your choice, of course; there’s a lot of fine [...]
Should you ever visit Hidden City and find that the most recent post is dated April 25, 2008, do me a kindness and drop me a line to tell me? My web host, for reasons beyond my ken, periodically decides that they are going to replace my index file with an old one. This causes [...]
This may be an opportune moment to advise new readers (and to remind the regulars) that I have dreams that are extraordinarily vivid, and often irrationally narrative in nature. Yes, I am aware most people do not dream like this. Yes, it can be interesting, and a topic for lively conversation. No, it is not [...]
With a sinking heart I open the book on my lap, and realize that I can no longer make sense of the words.
The sun was hidden behind an incoming cloud bank when we first arrived at the beach this morning, which was not an auspicious omen. Eventually, though, it appeared, slinking out upside down, with only the bottom half visible. It was quite striking, though, and maybe a good omen that this will be a year of [...]