Fanagrams

A late in life attempt to be a hockey goalie, despite not knowing how to skate backwards.

Fictional story of the early days of Gideon's bibles, prompted by the Beatles song Rocky Racoon, where Rocky "checked into a room, only to find Gideon's bible."

How a disturbing Christmas letter from my mother revealed gender roles.

My anxiety is soothed by a marathon session of Beatles music on a long car ride.  

Tracking the Beatles' evolution through the use of the scream.

As typewriters evolved, so did I.

The secrets of Mark Twain's success extrapolated to the digital age.

A random wooden pen on my desk, imprinted with the phrase "I Think," leads me to consider its provenance and its message.

A writing prompt to contemplate my hand sends me deep into curiosity about opposable thumbs, wrinkles, age spots, and the broken life line on my hand.

After 50 years, I finally have found my own meaning for William Carlos Williams' famous 16 word poem about chickens and a red wheelbarrow.

Can I make the case that the ostrich is the epitome of elegance.  I accept the challenge.

Fell far short of the goal of 50,000 new words a day, but found inspriation in the addition of small compelling details.  

An attempt to learn how to juggle based on a YouTube tutorial.    

Taking Gladwell’s recipe for success and applying to the modern age of social media and instant fame.

An attempt to learn how to decorate a cake based on a You Tube video.

The second in a series of a week devoted to learning a new skill each day, based on a YouTube video.

How YouTube can put purpose into an unstructured week.

The human chin is the defining anatomical feature of modern humans.

The defining identity of a loud whistle.

The intracacies of toothpicks, airline food, fake chicken, fast food signage and sell by dates.