The Trust of Animals It’s no small thing This cat curled in your lap Eyes shut, purring It matters As much to you As to…
Category: Bits and Bobs
Mingy Moldy Dead Mouse Smell Mingy moldy dead mouse smell Like the grease behind your ear Where is it coming from? Why is it here?…
I was playing an arraignee for “Law and Order” and they paired me with a young lawyer to sit in the background while the main…
You’re admiring the trays of petunias, including a radioactive purple pulsing in the April sun, when you feel a soft touch on your bare leg.…
The assistant directors had come through the holding area and picked 40 or so background actors they wanted for the day’s big scene, audience members…
Every month there is a different topic at the NYC edition of Smut Slam, a venue for stories about sex. In April the topic was…
The email coupon said 20 percent off the ENTIRE purchases made on Wed. Nov. 22. Usually it’s just 20 percent off your most expensive item.…
The annoying thing is that you had noticed, just that morning, how precariously perched was your late mother’s country kitchen bric-a-brac. The oval-shaped, white pottery…
There is nothing to fear, except Life, Which, truly, can turn on a dime But, mostly, speeds along linearly Faster than you think and then…
I had an essay published in Huffingtonpost.com. Thanks to Noah Michelson and James Michael Nichols in the Queer Voices section for giving it a chance! This…