Germany, Austria and Italy are standing together in the middle of a pub when Serbia bumps into Austria and spills Austria’s pint. Austria demands Serbia buy it a whole new suit because of the new beer stains on its trouser leg. Germany expresses its support for Austria’s point of view. Britain recommends that everyone calm [...]
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Beat Generation’s Typewriters Bring Gold
Don’t get me started on the Beats. Solid stylistic narratives, game-changing prose and mostly hailing from my beloved hometown of San Francisco, these guys (Burroughs, Bowles, Ginsberg, of course included) were influential to those that would come later. But for American fiction, there few names that rank higher in terms of quality than Jack Kerouac [...]
It’s the Honeyest of Moons
In what turned out to be a rather poor planning choice, the 10 Times One blog was launched exactly 5 months before the sole writer slash curator slash editor’s wedding day. Yes, I chose to start a labor intensive pastime exactly when the fee-ahns most needed my help. Silly me. If you’ve been paying any [...]
A Travelogue for the Idle (a sestina)
Winter is impetuous. Not because sleeping seems so easy when rain falls heavy in the morning but because your thoughts always turn back to wet weary Seattle with its ash rooftops and the gray Puget Sound lying flat, thousands of disconnected strangers each writing their own winter story: a tale of their distance from the [...]
“Land of Plenty” by Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen, one of music’s few true lyrical masters. Song and lyrics to “Land of Plenty” Don’t really have the courage. To stand where I must stand. Don’t really have the temperament, To lend a helping hand. Don’t really know who sent me To raise my voice and say: May the lights in The Land [...]
Colin Meloy’s Cast of Characters
I suppose I should introduce my cast of characters with me on stage tonight, shouldn’t I? On my right, stage right, the little furry thing, that’s Erick with a K. Erick is spelled with a C though. So it’s Erick with a C with a K, but the “with the C” part is silent. It’s [...]
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