It would be strange to allow strangers into your home whenever they wanted to come over for a drink. They could be criminals, living in the same neighborhood as you and your family. Usually, you invite people over to your place only when you feel ready to, because you can have fun and it’s safe …
Author Archives: the.primes
The tapestry of homes in the neighborhood, each with its own genetic sequence of holiday lights and or a total lack of decor. My house was one of the homes that was lacking. No lights. No red. No White. No Seasons Greetings. Just our home. The first time in years we haven’t decorated. But after …
I witnessed a conversation in a school. A parent was angered that her child was threatened by a staff member. After being scolded for mooning the class, the student felt angry and embarrassed, so he left the room. He called the teacher a “heifer” and gave her the bird on his way out. The kid …
Reading a short story by Murakami, I smile when there’s a knock at the door. The unnamed protagonist opens it. Often, the person on the other side is a woman, whom he invites in and offers food. They have amazing conversations, something weird happens, then she leaves. The part I like best is the “knocking …
What an awful exchange with the airline. I hate being the person who’s aggressive, dismissive and mean to the customer service workers , but sometimes it’s necessary. They either hang up or pass you off to the next highest ranking person in line until you reach the top of the hierarchy, which is what I …
Starting My YIR
The last two trips to the doctor’s office, my blood pressure maintains a healthy level. It’s the first time in years that it hasn’t been elevated. As I read over my journals and morning pages from 2023, which is part of my Year In Review Protocol, one theme that is arriving is a reawakening of …
Update
Printing off the first-draft of a novel just feels different. It’s a beginning and a crash ending. All the work only produced a potential story that may not be any good. I’ll read it, then react to it. I’ll read it again, then organize it. I’ll read it again, then make it beautiful.
Quickie
Child: If we had merch for our family, what would it be? What’s our slogan ? Mother: <Silence>
Life’s Music
The job of sobriety is to conduct the orchestra, but something else always writes the music. It’s not something as simple as inebriation , or some approximate opposite of sobriety, because we’re not simple. The parts of us that write the music are sometimes messy and complicated . Like divorces that bring people into dark …
An Old Vase
Too many glued parts and pieces challenge its integrity.