As the full moon passes into a new month I'm just resting up from a a cathartic Elton John sing-a-long on Adams street and quietly slugging my way through several epic works of lit and film that I was warned not to mess with in winter.
That, and I've been working on the still-in-its-infancy but nonetheless quite substantive Web site, kcfreepress.com. It's very much a work in progress, as I imagine all Web ventures and publications are to a large extent, but it's been fun and educational thanks to the fine crew of people I've been able to meet and work with so far. Lots of great writing and photography and I'm looking forward to being able to help present even more of it in the upcoming months.
Many of you have taken part in some fashion, and some of you are just waiting on me to get isht together so your contributions can be presented in a way we can be proud of. Thanks for your patience with me and get in touch if you have any ideas, recommendations or reminders.
Also please excuse the lack of fresh links, videos, songs and ruminations on this here blog site. It's not going away, but the especially harsh winter led to an extended hibernation.
I'll be posting some more stuff + music here soon and in the meantime you can see some of my recent stories here. I recommend at least reading the one about ping pong or listening to the one about love songs. In other publishing notes, I think some of my haiku are going to be printed soon in a journal in Croatia, which is great for Dalmations but only reminds me I need to look further into what literary events are going on in this area.
Most importantly I want to send greetings and congratulations to friends here and overseas. Friends becoming parents and godparents, moving to Spain, starting new work and projects here in KC, quitting jobs and moving on, recording music, starring in high school productions of "Footloose," going out on first dates, celebrating anniversaries, establishing beachheads in Panama, slinging holiday chocolates, getting published, selling tea at the mall, opening hookah bars, playing and recording music, finishing thesis statements, living life.
Also, congrats to Canada and Chris, I take back all the shit-talking from a few days ago. I knew it would catch up to me in the end. It always does.
Looking forward to seeing what the year of the tiger (and the conclusion of "Lost") has in store for us all. Keep me posted, and to paraphrase Mr. Nolte: "Una mas cheerzies"
LDHW
