Neal @ January 26, 2010 # One Comment
Dear Sputnik,
The attached photo of you arrived from a mutual friend two days ago, on what should have been your 48th birthday. I say “should” because it’s a primate conceit that the world be arranged according to our convenience. Were that the case, I’d likely be talking to you now, and about something differently [...]
Neal @ January 25, 2010 # One Comment
YOU SEE THEM CASTING FURTIVE kitchenward gazes after a good dinner of roasted chicken or perhaps beef or lamb, excusing themselves with a piece of bread and trying not to run. Shortly afterward, stifled sighs waft back to the dining room.
Did I say “them?” I mean we. The Brotherhood of the Dunk.
The Brotherhood is a [...]
Neal @ January 15, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Kicking a whale up a beach
Braiding grape jelly
Comforting the chronically afflicted.
(1/22/09 P.S. to RW: who asked “Why would you kick a whale?” The only reason I can think of is that 1) he’s down, and 2) you’re that sort of fellow.)
Neal @ November 16, 2009 # No Comment Yet
IF THE PERSON AHEAD OF you in the checkout line is stocking up on Meow Mix, don’t ask about their cat.
Neal @ November 4, 2009 # No Comment Yet
He looked up. “What are you sketching?”
She held out a pad on which was written:
AWE AND INQUIRY
God is good.
God is.
God.
.
He frowned. “What’s the point?”
She grinned. “Exactly.”
