Happy 40th birthday, Ed! Thanks for the idea and the encouragement.
The sun setting didn’t look much different than when it had risen that morning. Just the other side of the sky. Orange and red and purple, colors of trout as big [...]
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The McDonald’s Kid: Light
March 30, 2007
The first time I kissed Alexis I broke away after a moment and told her she was beautiful and she said, “Slow down.”
But what she had not understood is that I meant her skin was luminescent and when I kissed her it felt like I was filled with light, light like I had only ever [...]
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The McDonald’s Kid: Resumption
March 23, 2007
This is the continuation of a piece of fiction I began about a year ago on this blog. Links to previous installments are at the bottom. Enjoy!
So there the three of us were, in the boat in the middle of the sunny and windy lake, our lines in the water, nothing biting, tired. Half-drunk, [...]
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The McDonald’s Kid, part IX
May 12, 2006
Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V | Part VI | Part VII | Part VIII
Alan took us across the lake and dropped anchor in the middle of a triangle formed by an island, a point and a big piece of granite that jutted out of the water. [...]
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Protected: The McDonald’s Kid, part VIII
April 10, 2006
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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From There to There
March 24, 2006
We took the train across Italy from Florence to the port city of Ancona. The train was full that Monday-after-Easter and with our EuroRail passes and unreserved seats, Cameraman and I were relegated to sitting on our packs in the narrow walkway. There was maybe 18 inches between us and the compartments, but the guys [...]
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