Category: Green Man

Seattle’s a slimy old town, slick with the self-satisfied excrescences of those who stole the indigenous land and remade it in the service of money. Brooding in the rank strata beneath the veneer of biotech and skyscraper townhouses is the …

I failed to completely evacuate my bowels this morning. I pride myself on efficiency in this department, but this morning things failed to “go” as usual. So there’s this lingering sensation of something left hanging. I hate this feeling.

I …

In the far northeast corner of Washington State, the Pend d’Oreille River winds through a dark and doleful countryside. The thickly-forested hills press close to the highway, and even in summer the sun seems reluctant to intrude. Weathered farm houses …

The trees have been here so long and me, I’m just a punk drop-in. I do not expect them to accept me all at once. I know better than that. Still, I feel they are beginning to at least get …

The trees have been here so long and me, I’m just a punk drop-in. I do not expect them to accept me all at once. I know better than that. Still, I feel they are beginning to at least get …

The trees have been here so long and me, I’m just a punk drop-in. I do not expect them to accept me all at once. I know better than that. Still, I feel they are beginning to at least get …

Bushtits swarmed the suet, a wren rasped in the hedge, a downy woodpecker crept up the birch. Sunlight filtered through the trees, giving the backyard a Maxfield Parrish look. The cat sprawled dreaming in the herb garden, his wife rustled …

Part 1 of 3

Is that your breakfast today? I ask this silently of each person who comes into the donut shop. Is that your breakfast today? A donut and coffee? Often, it’s two or three donuts. No wonder Americans …

Part 2 of 3

The not so sweet smell of failure lays heavy upon me. Or is it “lies”? I can never keep them straight. I wonder also if it might be better nowadays to say “on” than “upon.” People …

Part 3 of 3

My marching orders are clear. I would like today to be a day of solid achievement. Or at least this morning. I do less well in the afternoon. Afternoon tends to be a bad time for …