dailyprompt
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Once upon a time, the stars aligned; thus, a phenomenon of empirical cosmology handed me a key, a rare treasure that unlocked a universe within a universe. Inside this realm of unparalleled idyll, I was given free rein to explore. And thus, from the deepest of depths to dizzying heights, I traversed every quadrant; the…
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Patriotism? Mmm. It’s a term that has morphed, jumped the rails. Nowadays, some conflate it with, or have rebranded it “White nationalism.” A “white nationalist” is presumed male or, more specifically, a heterosexual male. In the West, white, heterosexual, and male have become an unfortunate trifecta; keeping to America, it’s become the 21st-century’s version of…
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For years, friends, family, and associates used the term “a warehouse of useless information” to describe me. I would have preferred tall, dark, and handsome but we can’t always get our way. Anyway, the term was not as unflattering as it might suggest but instead was a moniker acknowledging that information sticks to me like…
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Winning streaks, sunny days, my wife agreeing with me, not hitting a bridge opening en route to work, my son both recognizing and concurring with my logic, my Maltese unfailingly depositing his bodily secretions onto the wee-wee mat, my market holdings trending upward: The abovementioned mark matters I would appreciate marching along in a procession…
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Many moons ago a woman, on a whim, walked into a room. Our gazes met and we both took off, hands locked, spiraling through the universe. Our first date was chockful of inspired gazes, and laughter from utterances genuinely humorous. Our connection was palpable, our revelations copious. The night ended with her hugging me and…
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Twenty-four years ago, President George W Bush stood on a massive pile of rubble, once a spire that pierced the clouds and echoed the decisive words, “And those responsible for this are gonna hear from all of us!” And thus, Americans became rapacious concerning their endorsement of revenge; overnight, astonishment morphed into rage; we wanted…
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The most widely attended sporting event of the 19th century was a baseball game played between a New York regiment, and one comprised of multiple regiments. The contest took place in Hilton Head. It was estimated that 40 thousand people had gathered to spectate. Along with items concerning the Civil War, Harper’s Weekly began reporting…
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Most remember the adage Necessity is the mother of invention. For centuries it was an axiom that rang true. Once upon a time, in order to take the necessary leap to grow the economy in the West, we had to mobilize society; thus, came trains, automobiles, and buses. To accommodate a high illiteracy rate in…
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The year was 2010. I dropped my wife, Kathryn, at Philadelphia Internation and proceeded—against my better judgement, and because I was too cheap to spring for the airfare—on a 650-mile journey with three 13-year-old boys (my son and two friends). Our destination? Myrtle Beach, where we would meet Kathryn and my in-laws at a beachfront…
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I have, presently, and shall always acknowledge that within human potential there resides a spiritual domain. The bridge I cannot cross is the one that suggests that a universe of galactic event horizons, black holes, and quasars has an ideological component. Thus, I do not subscribe to the concept of an unknowable deity governing an…
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