Category Archives: Kindness is as kindness does, or try a little tenderness

Number Sixteen: The Kristofferson Effect

Posted on February 19, 2011 by martysmusings

It’s never too late to become who you were going to be, I read this morning. That can’t be right, I thought. The tenses confuse me. The coffee is nearly gone, having disappeared from the bag. According to the date stamped … Continue reading →

Posted in Black holes and other oddities (I want to be a spaceman), Bookends, Chicken run, Kindness is as kindness does, or try a little tenderness, Lose yourself, Love and death, Movie movie, Music is love, Network, including radio nowhere, Patti Smith, Peaceful easy feeling, Reality, what a concept, Spirit in the sky, The meaning of life, Whatever, You've got a friend | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Number Eleven: Darkness on the Edge of Pittsburgh

Posted on December 4, 2010 by martysmusings

If you need to point the finger somewhere, blame the risotto. I tried real hard to remember, but I have the memory of a five-year old distracted by a piece of string. The car disappeared, the room was subsistence, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Beatles, Days of Wine and Roses, Groundhog Day and other holidays, Kindness is as kindness does, or try a little tenderness, Michigan, my Michigan, Music is love, Panic in Detroit, Pittsburgh, Springsteen, Ties that bind, Whatever, You've got a friend | Tagged , , , , , | 5 Comments

Number Four: Bye Bye Birdie, or the Case of the Missing Cockatiel

Posted on August 20, 2010 by martysmusings

“That’s one lucky bird,” said Ed, admiring his half-full beer bottle in the dim blue light near midnight last Saturday. “And getting kicked in the head sure hurts like hell,” I said, adjusting my sombrero. At social gatherings small talk … Continue reading →

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