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Hey are you home for a drive by pie drop? Continue reading
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Garb on, garb off! – Fish mom Continue reading
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I dreamt of New York City last night. Again. I woke up from the dream with a weight on my chest. Apparently art aunt and boat uncle were also awake at four. I think it’s the spirits of the rats that used to live within these walls. They want me to think of New York… Continue reading
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“we got shat upon!” – D. M. G Continue reading
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Skeleton dance
When I put my dancing skeletons shirt on today, I didn’t know I didn’t know it when he asked me if I spoke Spanish and then savored out the familiarity of my full name I didn’t know it when he passed me a bag of guava candies to share with my crew mates from my… Continue reading
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Carrot cake
Because the thing is it’s not that I am unable to love Oh I can love alright I love to let the things I love consume me Eat me from the inside out But the last time I let someone hold that flame She kept going after I said stop And when she left What… Continue reading
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“you are marvelous the gods await to delight in you.” – Charles Bukowski Continue reading
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First mate
You asked me to find you in the future You said that once I became captain of my own boat, that you would be my first mate We were young then, just starting our lives And I guess I’m here now, sitting in a lawn chair in the rolling ocean And you’re the pilot of… Continue reading
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The song
It’s rare. I never can anticipate it. But when I hear it, I know. The next era. The next feeling. The next thing. The next soundtrack for the newest chapter. It plays me like a puppet and I let it yank the strings. Continue reading
About Me
An English diarist and naval administrator. I served as administrator of the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament. I had no maritime experience, but I rose to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under both King Charles II and King James II through patronage, diligence, and my talent for administration.