Tag: mood

Pobrecito (Poor Baby)

Posted on September 17, 2019 by

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It was about the third inning when my son and I realized we were at the same ballgame but on opposite sides of the stadium. After I told him what section I was in, he sent me this picture. The first thing I thought… Continue Reading “Pobrecito (Poor Baby)”

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Getting to the Clearing

Posted on September 9, 2019 by

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I woke up this morning in a thicket. A night of worrying about one person and then another, and feeling deep grief for yet another, turning from one side to the other, looking out our big bedroom window at the light in the living… Continue Reading “Getting to the Clearing”

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Writing Bleak

Posted on August 5, 2017 by

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The problem with writing when you’re anxious or a little depressed is that everything ends up being about death – your own death, your spouse’s, your kids’, your dogs’, the death of the great American city, Death Be Not Proud, you get the idea.… Continue Reading “Writing Bleak”

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What happens here on Red's Wrap is all over the map. There is no single theme, no overarching gripe, no malady of my own or others that dominates. I write about what seems important or interesting at the moment and what aims me toward hope. I write stories, essays, poems - whatever fits the day and the mood. Nothing stays the same, here or anywhere. That's a good thing. Happiness. It's relative.

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