Category Archives: character sketch

Visitation

Posted on April 6, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

His child smiles lovingly and with admiration at his Dad, who stands at the coffee bar at Starbucks, paused and smiling back at his son.  They sit nearly silent, but at rest at home, the single Dad with the thousand … Continue reading →

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Something to look at. (8/9/98)

Posted on April 3, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Something to cast lines at from the depths of my soul.  It’s always about validation.His foot taps to a staccato rhythm. Fingers on the buttons With a pattern of taps and presses, he can take it up or down Or replicate … Continue reading →

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Essay: Love is an ever unfolding friendship.

Posted on April 3, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Love is an ever unfolding friendship:  Consumed the by the most poignant and desirous lessons of love, we speak of endless unfolding as we wrap around each other in this inextricable embrace.  Falling in love is not the closing of … Continue reading →

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Perth, Australia

Posted on April 3, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

I pressed firmly into my seat, as the massive jet slipped gravity.  At 300 kilometers per hour, the runway in Melbourne fell away, music already in my ears, companionless as usual.  We banked hard to the west, rising above the … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving Alone on a Roof

Posted on April 3, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

What more could I want? I have the unchained sounds of the wind brushing through the bare trees.  And the sky just pushes by on their way somewhere south of here.  It’s very quiet except the sounds of the winds … Continue reading →

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Walking My Dog “Memory”

Posted on April 3, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Interesting – as everything is coming into the harbor and some things will make it to their slips, others will crash against the rocks, others will just turn around and head back out to sea. Meanwhile, all is adrift. Yesterday … Continue reading →

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Boat Called Rock Bottom

Posted on April 3, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Why would anyone set sail on a boat called “Rock Bottom” Yet here I am… The sky winked a few times the day spilled slowly and steadily out over the horizon. Millions of people cursed it, loved it, or wished … Continue reading →

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Biography

Posted on April 3, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

I grew up with this drive…and sometimes it was a band (skynrd, molly hatchet, journey, REO, 38 special, Dead, Rush, YES)…it was an event, fast ride, beer cans, woods, a camaro…a house party, bon fire, south jersey shore and wooded … Continue reading →

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Jim Harrison

Posted on April 3, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

…still smelling like Athit, I found myself awakening in first class next to the recluse, Jim Harrison. Jim Harrison was planetary from the moment I saw him. He is a thick and somewhat round man, dense enough to have his … Continue reading →

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Enigmas: Essay

Posted on September 28, 2008 by skipavm@gmail.com

…Thing about enigmas are that I’m so damn fascinated by them. Touchingly odd, because I believe that in the absence of complete understanding, there is this neon sign flashing, saying “Insert Imagination Here!” Favorite enigmas are those that traipse along … Continue reading →

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