Author Jim Harrison

One of my heros, Jim Harrison, died. Every night before sleeping, I read one of his poems (from In Search of Small Gods). I will miss his presence in the world, but his spirit lives on in his huge body of work (fiction, non, poetry, essays). Here is a link to the CNN obit. If…

Mr. Bernard and Mary Yucky

Do you get emails with fake solicitations and offers? Most of the time my email filters out the spam, but occasionally some lands in my mailbox. This past week, I was graced with a note from Mr. Bernard and another from Mary Yucky. The subject line for Mr. Bernard said “Opportunity” and Mary Yucky said…

My Autoschedastic Self is Back!

So, I got the rest I needed from blogging!  I discovered that I miss rambling on about daily life in interesting places. And I am back with an awesome word-of-the-day. Autoschediasm: (n) something that is improvised or extemporized. Origin: utoschediasm can ultimately be traced back to the Greek terms autós meaning “self” andschédios meaning “near, casual,…