Funny Synchronicities
Okay, yesterday I had to skip out of the house early and without warning so my blogging time was consumed by other matters. But not before I fed my backyard bunny (from the warren under the shed), who now comes out every time I feed Claire and Honey, for his own carrot. However, I apologize […]
Drawing/Blending Fiction From/With Reality
Writing is simply capturing a series of moments in time, in words, on paper/screen. Hopefully, when you have finished typing, you have told a story. Luckily, throughout my life, whenever anything the least bit interesting happened to me or I witnessed some exciting event unfold, it always got filed in the back of my head […]
Another Busy Day At Casa Claire – Hi Jane & Lloy[] & Robyn
That’s me and Lloy[] Collier, husband of Jane Collier who stopped by Casa Claire with Lloy and her good friend of Robyn (who has an interesting tale of a grandfather doctor who used to tend to the Chi-Town Mafia. She is also a writer). Speaking of grandfathers, Lloy[]’s grandfather lost the [d] at the end […]
Renee Clarke Comes To Casa Claire
If you have read any of my books, you’ll know that I have this strange tendency of incorporating people I’ve known or met into the story as characters. Some I know personally. some Biblically, others I have just met through a friend, or online or through social media where we just hit it off. Renee […]
Gentleness Of Creatures
I was driving back from a fruit and veggie run at Walmart when I passed a large field just off Country Road 4. I often see cattle spread out over this field, and others, but the sun was bright and hot, so at this particular moment they had all gathered peacefully under one lone tree. […]
Roman(s) à clef (plural)
I’ve always loved that term. In french, it means “a novel with a key.” A roman à clef uses thinly cloaked names of characters and locations to surreptitiously present depictions of actual people or events. After all, “[a]ll the world’s a stage” Jacques, As You Like It, Act II Scene VII Line 139. I’ve been […]
Strawberry Moon
The last few days leading into this June Solar Solstice and Full Moon have been interesting. For example, when Lisa and I drove up to Scheels Store to pick up her own handgun (we respectfully practice our Second Amendment right), after the government mandated waiting period, (although I’ve been quite vocal in offering her mine […]
Summer Solstice – Downey’s Bar & Grill
The Solstices, like the Equinoxes, carry their own bit of mysticism and fun. The Irish, as is their way, historically like to partake in the Solstices at Newgrange (Meath) and Carrowkeel (Sligo), https://vagabird.com/newgrange-summer-solstice And of course, everyone knows of Stonehenge in Salisbury, England. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/?utm_source=awin&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=Affiliate&sv_campaign_id=78888&sv_tax1=affiliate&sv_tax2=&sv_tax3=Skimlinks&sv_tax4=bing.com&sv_affiliate_id=78888&awc=5928_1718865947_a2b391dda8554614fffac0701268e272 which is used to mark both of the Equinox and Solstice, […]
True Story
That’s my older brother, Eddie, back in his prime. The big guy with the hairy chest at the end of the drunken kick line. (That’s my right hand right next to BC’s face on the left and my left hand carefully holding the Bud just covering Joe Serrano’s right nipple – my cro-magnon brow and […]
Lighting Life
The light around here yesterday was amazing. Spotted Claire and Honey having a gnosh out by the Gnomes in the early afternoon and snapped their photos because the fairies on the post caught my eye. Then, while making coffee in the dungeon, I looked out and spotted Scarlett on her own a little later communing […]