The Blind Man Society

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The Blind Man Society
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  • The Idea of Hourglasses…

    Tonight, I’m thinking about hourglasses. I think, they are where you find them. I have an hourglass of a kind where I currently live – and it’s three locations. I’m sitting at the top part right now – it’s all about beginnings…ideas and such waiting to happen. The next location, my residence, is the sand Read more

  • A would be writer’s random thoughts…

    Today I’m asking the question, what were your favorite pickup lines when you were starting out on the bar scene.  I personally, have never been asked if it hurt when I fell from heaven.  I have never been asked if I’m tired from running through the opposite sex’s mind all day long.  And when its Read more

  • The Idea of Modern Day Edens

    This morning, I’m thinking about something I heard over in Tanzania. I try hard not to write about my time in Africa anymore because I became Al Bundy reminiscing about four touchdowns in one high school football game with my well-worn Africa stories. I visited a Maasai village over there and learned that the chief Read more

  • Card Sharks, Hippos And A Houseboat

    Matusadona, Zambia – The Houseboat On Lake Kariba Hi everyone, here’s the latest installment of my short travel excerpts. This one takes us to Lake Kariba and Matusadona National Park on the Zambia/Zimbabwe border. Any and all feedback is welcome about the story or writing! I sat staring over my cards at the young boy. Read more

  • Mousetrap

    Tonight, I’m consulting the JW book of facts and figures (aka, the world according to me), and realizing that I now have everything I need to move forward to the next square on the gameboard. The gameboard in question, is Mousetrap. A couple sparkly and shiny things to hold my attention, an inordinate number of Read more

  • Impenetrable Forest – The Mountain Gorillas

    Happy Tuesday everyone, this is the latest excerpt from a chapter I wrote today on tracking the mountain gorillas in the Impenetrable Forest of Uganda. It was a sunny day, and I was watching a cobra swim in the pool. I had just flown into Entebbe, Uganda from Nairobi and arrived at the hotel with Read more