Casual rambles, short stories and poetry done casually
Took me all damn day to write this. But we got it done before the Portland Trail Blazers’ first postseason game in five years. I am hoping for a win and a chance at the Spurs in the first round, but until the dust settles in Phoenix I just want another chance to watch the Trail Blazers play.
I didn’t have much bandwith for a proper ramble today. So, I stepped back and wrote a poem for my age. It’s a first draft, and I already have ideas where to go with it, but for now I say we all just enjoy it as it is. A newborn poem is a rare a moment.
Absolutely nothing happens on the ninth day of April. Absolutely nothing. And that’s why it’s the perfect day to ramble about sakura trees, and resolutions and what I want to see blossom in my life by this time next year.
Ten years after starting this website, I have submitted the manuscript for my first ever poetry collection. And, as a special celebration for the ten-year anniversary of The Casual Ramble, I have a gift for all paid subscribers by July 1st.
As promised, the Trail Blazers made the transition into a new era under Tom Dundon and I have a controversial opinion for the board: I don’t think Jodi Allen was a bad owner. It might sound crazy, but hear me out.
The Trail Blazers just had their best win of the season. I haven’t cheered that loudly for a big game in years. Exhilaration doesn’t even begin to describe it.
Someone start up the Nick Cave record, Donovan Clingan is the Portland Trail Blazers center I have been waiting for.
I have to apologize, as I did not publish much last week. In fact, I published nothing except for what had already been planned, and proceeded to not publish something for what other plans I had been a part of. But we are working on all of this.
Isaac Asimov did it
A long time ago, I was an aspiring, freelance music journalist. Well, I guess it’s not so long ago, but it feels like it. Read what happens when I pick up the pen and write about some music I have been listening to recently.
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