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.

Foggy Mountain Drive

It was a cloudy and rainy drive to the mountains. The fog grew thicker as the car climbed the last mountain. It all cleared as we crested the ridge and it was a

Drafted Most of a Novel

I participated in National Novel Writing Month (50K words in 30 days) for the first time and wrote 50,200 words of a novel first draft. The consistency of writing every day brought

Ridealong

There was a stuff turtle riding in the back window of a state trooper’s car. I’m sure it was not regulation.

Roadside Poetry

The pattern on the front caught my eye. The handwritten card was smeared by the rain. Dirt filled the creases. The words were about kisses and the moonlight. The writer’s name has

Rhyming Sam

Listening to Sam Cooke and he found a rhyme for plebeian. It was “me and.”