by MarktheAuthor | Feb 21, 2015 | Life, Writing
A conversation with a friend made me think of my children. Rather, children, in general. Or maybe I mean the parents of children. “Do I really want to know the damage I’ve caused them?” My children love me. I know that, because they tell me on a regular basis. And it...
by MarktheAuthor | Feb 21, 2015 | Fiction, Ideas, Life, Writing
The Grand Canyon. The first time I saw this amazing natural wonder, I found it hard to believe. My first thought was, This is a painting. Our minds struggle to process a phenomenon so vast. Up to 18 miles wide and a mile deep, the Grand Canyon challenges our reality....
by MarktheAuthor | Feb 19, 2015 | Ideas, Life
What started it all was a neighbor who bought a big, like in full size, four-wheel drive pickup truck with attitude. I don’t know if he made the purchase with attitude, per se. But the vehicle is obnoxious. Not by itself, sitting in a pasture near grazing cattle, or...
by MarktheAuthor | Feb 18, 2015 | Ideas, Life
I had a dream last night about an old friend. He’d given a few albums to a consignment shop, and they sold them at a steep discount. His disappointment flowed freely. “I pushed them through the wrong door slot. They had more value to me than the shop asked...
