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.

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?

Pandemic Dreams

Even my subconscious is confused by the pandemic lockdown because my dreams now exist in the same boring, repetitive space where all the days run together and I can’t tell one from