Michael Brown's Blog – April 2011 Archive (6)

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Translocation

Have you noticed how the rain glides down the windows and funnels its way along the crenelated sill gutter, or looked into any of the various books provided in your night table? Some are quite old, yet remarkably cogent in these times, and you can see by now, as stated in our ads, our little place is a real getaway with no television, radio, or Internet, so I hope you appreciate the soft piped-in music. I hope you will enjoy the updated menu too as we’ve tried to avoid dullness and repetition… Continue

Added by Michael Brown on April 30, 2011 at 11:30pm — 10 Comments

Purple Passage

City Club was having a big promotional Easter sale and had decorated the front of the outlet with hundreds of pink, white, and purple balloons, several of which had escaped their moorings and in what looked like a joyful manner made their way across the vast parking lot toward the boulevard. As I watched their flight to freedom while walking along the pedestrian passageway, I was disheartened to see three or four white balloons unceremoniously squandered beneath the tires of exiting cars, but… Continue

Added by Michael Brown on April 29, 2011 at 2:17am — 3 Comments

Cinderella: Yada, Yada - Romance Challenge

There is no costume for the lurve ball because if you don’t go as yourself, there is no point in attending. All that glass slipper stuff is only frosting. The prince felt he was in up to the gills, in the way a commoner would feel, without the regal trappings. Cinderella was looking to escape the grind for one fabulous evening, and the house cleaning, and cooking, and de-boning all that fish. P.S.: She didn’t know about his gills beforehand. They say he rediscovered her in his kingdom among… Continue

Added by Michael Brown on April 28, 2011 at 10:30pm — 2 Comments

The Spectacle of the Mime

Wordlessly, he gave a faultless performance, but it was as much the honky-tonk musical background as it was his body English or facial expressions that made the first act in any way memorable to me, the teenagers drinking from bottles in plastic Oxxo bags, or the gathered couples and single strollers. He appeared browless in a solid black leotard, with his shaved head painted in the same deathly-white paste that crusted where the  neckline veed below his clavicle, suggesting the marks of noose… Continue

Added by Michael Brown on April 22, 2011 at 7:25am — 5 Comments

A New Yorker's Birthday State of Mind

Added by Michael Brown on April 21, 2011 at 1:18am — 17 Comments

Big Hair Challenge - Michael B

Never had really long hair, but at one time it was big. I lived in Brooklyn in 1975. I have had facial hair for the last forty years or thereabout. As I started to lose hair on my crown, I guess I thought I'd grow enough on my chin to replace it. Then, I decided I didn't want to look like a member of Z.Z. Top, so I just let the idea go. I can't get it to look so big anymore, but it's all…

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Added by Michael Brown on April 15, 2011 at 7:00pm — 10 Comments

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