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About gimble

I've never understood why solitary confinement is considered a punishment. My favorite time of year is when vacation forces me to drive long hours on the overnight stretch, all other companions in the car asleep, my thoughts and the dark stretch of white-striped road all to myself. Having said that, I can happily keep busy inside my head, yet am distracted by so much of the larger world that I waste time putting those thoughts generated by those distractions down on cyber-paper. Maybe I want to see if anyone else feels likewise. Though not as bright, sharp or hard as a diamond, I am many faceted - esoteric in my literature, tending toward magic realism - pop-culture vulturish in my take on media - sentimental enough to cry at dog food commercials - and a lover of kitsch, like diners and other holes in the wall of life.

Covetous

I’m soooooo jealous of
the brilliance of this blog name:
Blather. Wince. Repeat.

Green home

Chuck tests our house for
energy efficiency.
We’re tight as a drum.

Lecture

Tracy Kidder spoke.
Nice man, but a writer, not
a public speaker.

Artistic insight

Vision isn’t so
much a function of seeing
as it is feeling.

Creative class

with props to selfinterestandsympathy for this one 

I will often cite
Richard Florida’s ideas.
People stare blankly.

November

Thanksgiving creeps up
fast, like a turkey farmer
wielding a sharp axe.

New furnace

Hadn’t realized the
thermostat had to be set.
Freezing at 60.

Can’t sleep 9 – deep thoughts

Late night imparts great
wisdom to ideas which seem
silly in daylight.

Preparations

Brought in the ficus
tree. Fallen leaves fly about.
Wind whispers, “snowfall.”

Passage to India

I’m not here. I’m lost
in Varanasi. A world
Luke Storm opened wide.