Observations

This is a collection of things that I see in front of and behind my eyes. These posts have been published near daily since October 2016.

Decades of Hair

When I comb my hair in the morning, using lots of gel to make it stay in place, it has a slicked back 80s look. By the mid-afternoon, after it has started falling,

45 Dream

I had a dream about the former president. I don’t mean that I had some thoughts about him, but I literally woke up from a dream about him. He was my stepfather

Asphalt Habitat

The interstates in southern Illinois are lined with hawks. They sit on trees and poles, but they are more likely to be seen sitting on road signs. You could view them as lazy,

Filling the Silence

I started listening to audiobooks on my long drives to Missouri. Now I listen to them at home instead of music or podcasts to fill the silence. It is a bigger investment to

Growing a Tail

If you all of sudden grew a tail, what would you use it for? Balance? To swat away flies? And how would you learn to control it?