10-9…Whoa, slow down, relax. You’re getting ahead of yourself. It’s not time. It’s coming, soon enough. Meanwhile, It’s still shuffling the deck, more hands to deal. The 2021 year’s game is still in play. We shouted it in, but it soon settled down, And got down to business and stayed. But now it’s time …
Month: December 2021
It’s 3:00, Christmas Eve. He sits silently at his desk. The office party cheer evaporates. A faint scent of wine lingers. The empty office echoes the hum of his computer. Masks litter the floor. He checks his shopping list, a white sheet filled with names. So many names, no gifts. He taps it with his …
Santa is in trouble. The news sets off seismic shockwaves that shake the South like a second coming of Sherman. * * * Outside the glaciers melt. Solar panels explode. The UV hits 50. His herd of reindeer lounge in the sun, lazy, listless and as overserved as a NJ diva on a divan on …
Out of the many moods of Christmas, which one will jump-start us into the spirit of the season? I might have found mine. * * * It’s difficult trying to gin up any enthusiasm remotely acceptable for a Christmas mood. It has to happen on its own. The frenetic crush of mosh-pits crowds on Black …
The keyboard is a loose cannon…everything is fair game. * * * It begins as one of those days when the air feels electric, and you want to jump out of your skin. You can’t put your finger on it, but you know something’s brewing. I hear him before I see him, Ace Blackbanks. “You …