David Matthewsa day ago4 minWhat comes after…Who can say where we will find ourselves when we muddle through this muck and on into the muck that lies beyond? Whatever may come to pass…
David MatthewsMar 235 minHow I pass my days these daysMy nature, interests, and ambitions incline me to the solitary pursuits of reading, study, and literary endeavors, the poetry work, blog projects. Urban wand...
David MatthewsJan 109 min2019: Looking back, taking stock, bumbling onward, ha!Late in the year I began to think of 2019 as the year of the rut. I followed my dreams into a ditch and dithered there. The data indicates effort, I put in s...
David MatthewsDec 30, 20198 minLivin' on Tulsa Time Christmas 2019Christmas with the family never grows old. Once again we gathered in Tulsa. If my memory serves me well, I have made it every year but one since Mom passed aw...
David MatthewsJul 4, 20191 minModest thoughts on the Fourth of July 2019Independence Day dawned splendidly in my fair city of Portland. A good day for a run. Most days are. If Facebook is to be trusted, Tulsa Runner pals were out...
David MatthewsJun 10, 20193 minSpringtime in Portland, dragon boats and farmers markets, the joys of wanderingYesterday was a good day for the 9-mile version of the waterfront loop. I set out at 7, a bit later than usual for the Saturday run but that was okay, on a c...
David MatthewsDec 31, 20183 minLivin' on Tulsa Time Christmas 2018: CodaThursday was a long day in airports and on planes...but, hey, what are holidays without a little travel misadventure? Multiple rebooking was involved. My ini...
David MatthewsDec 31, 20184 minTaking Stock at Year's End 2018The first full calendar year of retirement is in the books. The real work goes on as I try to keep faith with the dream of being a poet I had when I was nine...
David MatthewsDec 29, 20183 minLivin' on Tulsa Time 2018Once again I am in Tulsa for holidays with the family. We kicked off the visit in classic fashion with a burger and a beer at McNellie's after Trani, Candace...
David MatthewsAug 20, 20185 minA Day in the LifeThe days fly by, and the weeks. These days I have an awful sense that I am floundering with precious little to show for those days and weeks. Maybe this is ...
David MatthewsMay 2, 20185 minIncident at Café InsomniaI came across this story while trying to clean out and impose some semblance of order on the paper files. It was first published on my old blog Memo from the...
David MatthewsMar 14, 20185 minSadness for No ReasonSadness for no reason is how Thomas McGuane put it in Nobody's Angel. McGuane (b. 1939) was one of the young writers who generated income penning articles o...
