Category Archives: An Accumulation of Losses

a would be collection of ideas for depressing poems

9/04/11: cure for a slight heaviness

Posted on September 4, 2011 by

I have a heaviness today that is hard to shake. Not sure why. It’s a bright sunny day here in Tacoma, I’ve completed the small writing job I was putting off as long as possible. It was a write-up about … Continue reading →

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8/21/11: home again, home again

Posted on August 21, 2011 by

I have returned from a week at Cape May NJ, where it rained more than usual for August, and where I did, along with family, the things we do each year to remind us (though scattered around the country, though … Continue reading →

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8/02/11: help me, I think I’m falling (. . .) again

Posted on August 2, 2011 by

So I fell again. This is the third time since I moved to Tacoma that I’ve tumbled while taking a walk on a perfect sunny day. The damage, as you can see: scrapes on my palm and knee (the purple … Continue reading →

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7/14/11: (speaking only for myself)

Posted on July 14, 2011 by

The self-appointed task of going through my journals feels pretty heavy. I’m committed to this chore because there are bits of poetry and fiction strewn about that I’d rather not lose; there are also long tracks here and there of … Continue reading →

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7/11/11: about a cat

Posted on July 11, 2011 by

-1- A cat has been staying on my deck. She was crying—a plaintiff, almost Siamese screech, although she is a calico and definitely not a Siamese cat—day after day, so I began to feed her, and after I had fed … Continue reading →

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7/08/11: journals and scrapbooks

Posted on July 8, 2011 by

Here is my work space—my journals, my scraps, my papers and pictures, my writing desk, my art desk, my home, my life. Going through the old journals is even harder than I expected.

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7/06/11: journal excerpt series: (very) early work

Posted on July 6, 2011 by

Ok, so I dragged one box of journals out of the garage yesterday. Intent is to try to arrange them in some sort of chronological order; read them (with total dread); try to see what is worth saving; get rid … Continue reading →

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6/30/11: some thoughts on suicide, not my own

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. ~Albert Camus  Each victim of suicide gives his act a personal stamp … Continue reading →

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6/26/11: more ado about journals

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

I received an email the other day from a student of my friend Jon Greenberg. It was completely out of the blue, Jon died of complications of AIDS in 1993, it will be 18 years next month. He was an … Continue reading →

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6/21/11: Anhedonia, a novel

Posted on June 22, 2011 by

                           Anhedonia, a Novel  -1- The Definition From Wikipedia: Anhedonia (from the Greek αν- an- [without] + ηδονή, hēdonē, [pleasure]) is an inability to experience pleasure from normally pleasurable life events such … Continue reading →

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