Tag Archives: experience

A Man and His Dogs

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Tietsu

There was a man who used to walk his two dogs in the neighborhood where I grew up. He had long, almost pill-shaped head, his hair having vacated the most of his head in the comparably favorable realm of only … Continue reading →

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Ruminations #1

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Tietsu

​Someday, sooner than I would like,  I am going to be a grandfather,  complete with that unsettling ring of mortality that follows the birth of a grandchild. And I will be in the position of relegated authority of telling stories, … Continue reading →

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Sand

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Tietsu

  How pleasant it would be to live as a grain of sand. Swept with idle curiosity to shore, desert and back again. Free to roam in listless wonder until the wind beneath you falls away and you drift, filled … Continue reading →

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A Problem with Nonfiction

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Tietsu

I can’t think. I’ve tried. I really have. Hour after hour passes like a string of sand through an hourglass and all I have is 2000 useless, uninteresting words that I just don’t care about. The question is why? Why … Continue reading →

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