The World Without You The coffee's just coffee this morning, The sun forgot to rise. The dog keeps staring at the doorway, Like she's reading my mind. I caught myself turning to tell you Something tragic in the news... Funny how time keeps spinning, But never seems to move. The birds are singing out [...]
Second Cup of Almost Second cup of almost Going cold on the table You left your laugh in the doorway Your coat on the kitchen chair Slow drip of the daylight On your half-finished fable You said you’d just be a minute You’re late by a couple years I’m still here (still here) Still here [...]
The Lost Years About ten years ago, I was sitting with my friend and bandmate of more than three decades in The O’bros, Jay Moran, in our usual spot on Genna’s Lounge’s outdoor patio. Like we so often did, we were tossing around scraps of songs and half-formed lyrics, chasing that feeling when a line [...]
Our Town, Revisited Act One – Daily Life I first met Bob and Tia in a most unexpected way. It was the early 1990s, and I was struggling with persistent back pain. Searching for relief, I booked a session with a massage therapist named Jodie Curro. As fate would have it, Jodie was married [...]
Here's a simple recipe that you can make in a half hour that presents well for dinner parties without you spending the whole time in the kitchen. At the end is a smoky and spicy variant for tuna or lamb. Ingredients MAKES TWO SERVINGS For the yogurt sauce: 1 cup plain [...]
That's me at far right outside "Moon" cabin in Gitchee Gumey five years before this story. What is Yacht Rock? “Sailing, takes me away to where I've always heard it could be. Just a dream and the wind to carry me, soon I will be free...” Christopher Cross, “Sailing” For me Camp [...]
My real last name is Kotrodimos. I'm Greek. My father changed our name to "Konnor" around the time he started practicing law thinking that our name was too difficult to pronounce and to avoid some of the ethnic bias against immigrants at the time. My father helped a lot of Greeks immigrate to [...]
June 12th is Loving Day. The day commemorates a monumental US Supreme Court case with an interracial couple at its center. In 1958, two residents of Virginia, a black woman and a white man were married in the District of Columbia. The couple returned home to Virginia shortly thereafter. [...]
This is a recipe I extrapolated after having the dish in a restaurant. I used my best guesses and a bit of research to try to be as faithful as possible to the one I had. The name of this dish “Tagine” comes from the Arabic word for “frying pan.” The actual item [...]
The trees are full and green The garden lush and sweet The warm sun belies October To truth I must surrender The hours, they are numbered The last days of summer […]
