May 17, 2021COP-NADO!It was when Willy used a forklift to load my Plymouth Volare onto a flatbed that the muffler finally got knocked off. Bout time. There...
Apr 26, 2021850 Bryant and The Burnerverse!850 Bryant is as bleak a building as it looks. There are no smiles, polite greetings, or even a head nod from the people climbing the...
Mar 29, 2021SluggerOur twin boys were around 6 years old when they started fumbling around with Little League Baseball. They only lasted one season — wasn’t...
Mar 8, 2021The InterviewMost every Burner has done the Burning Man Interview. Be it in the back of Ubers, on city busses, the bank teller asking, or the Xfinity...
Feb 22, 2021Moms Manuscript My mom typed on a manual Underwood typewriter at eighty words a minute, typo-free. And this was done with the tips of her long manicured...
Feb 9, 2021Double Wave Hold DownI stood leaning on the tailgate of my pickup, watching the waves of Ocean Beach from the parking lot. They were huge. They didn’t give a...
Jan 26, 2021St. ElmoSt. Elmo’s Fire seemed a myth to me - until I saw it. It was faint enough that one had to be away from the light of the burn barrel to...
Jan 19, 2021Burning the ButtPhoto by Scott Beale In the year 2000, we burned an anus. It was a Burning Man art project called, The Anus (also known as The Great...
Jan 12, 2021Remembering AirportsCovid may have changed airports for good. This could be a good thing. Back in 2017, I traveled to Norfolk, Virginia to do a book reading...