Intimation: A Poem
Sean MurphyIntimation My fiancée informs me that I snore now: either comfortable enough to tell the truth, or else a commentary on my own contentment. Our unconscious understands and steers us…
July 28, 1979: The Long Way Home (Revisited)
If I ever need to check myself and consider what a privileged life I've led, I simply need to recall that moving across town in the summer of '79 was…
Borne Back Ceaselessly Into the Past: Steinbeck, Nostalgia, Empathy and Amtrak (Revisited)
WHEN I FIRST read John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley: In Search of America I was not quite old enough to drive. Still, I felt I could appreciate his somewhat…
My First Time (Revisited)
It was my great pleasure to guest-post at The Quivering Pen, a fantastic site for writers (and readers) curated by David Abrams (himself an excellent reader and writer: check him…
Four Albums and a Film: The Best Summer Entertainment
The Congos - Heart of the Congos (1977) Great art knows no seasons. Nevertheless, some music is made for—or at least can be fully appreciated during—specific times of the year.…
50 BULLET POINTS CONCERNING AMERICA’S GUN PSYCHOSIS
Let’s politicize these acts, if for no other reason because, in America, we politicize everything else. Of course it’s a mental health issue. For starters, the mental handicap of…
Muhammad Ali’s Biggest Victory (Revisited)
Question: What cultural figure of the 60?s best represents you–the way you dress, act, create, see the world, or wish the world saw you. It can be Chuck Berry or…
Murphy’s Laws: 46 Infallible Observations on the Occasion of Turning 46
“With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.” That, from the ever-quotable Oscar Wilde. Does age impart wisdom? Maybe. It definitely provides opinions. Some of them, perhaps, are worthwhile.…
05/13/16
Closer to fifty now than forty, but who’s keeping count? You are, because you’ve learned, over time, nothing is Forever—life a brief conferral of Nature or Fortune. All we know…
Backs to the Future (Revisited)*
(For the remainder of the month, I'll be revisiting some personal favorites, all of which are available in my recently-released collection, MURPHY'S LAW VOL. ONE, which is available NOW!) TAKE…