Twists & Turns

writings from the universe next door

  • It rolls downhill

    It rolls downhill

    There was a mountain, and there was a Man. And the Man lived at the top of the mountain as its lord. And the mountain was tiered so that people could live below and serve him. And there were stairs encircling the mountain so that the people who lived on…

  • What?

    What?

    The other day I called my doctor’s office to reschedule an appointment I was supposed to have at the end of the month. The receptionist responded to my request by saying, “May I ask why you’re changing it?” I had two immediate reactions to this, neither of which i voiced.…

  • Progress

    Progress

    Those facilepromises of easestroke cellswith silkenthreads too slick to shun,too quick to numband grasp until they choke.I think, I think, I used to….What a comfortable disease. ©2026 All Rights Reserved (Inspired by “pity this busy monster, manunkind” by E E. Cummings)

  • Nuts

    Nuts

    Is it that time of year already? Good grief, I feel like we’ve barely set foot into summer, and now all the signs of season change are making their appearance. Have you noticed that the light has shifted from omnipresent to slowly settling into shadows? Or that twilight—a sublime phenomenon…

  • Bits and Pieces

    Bits and Pieces

    I had a wad like this in my hands earlier. I could leave little sticky notes for myself all over the house, particularly in the laundry room, on the washing machine door, and I would still forget some of the tissues I had stuffed deep into the pockets of every…

  • Did I solve your problem?

    Did I solve your problem?

    Nothing makes me want to wrap my head in foil, pack up my goodies, and head for the hills like AI powered “Customer Service.” Today, I had the rare and incomparable pleasure of trying to get our cable provider to replace a broken TV remote, which, in another era, would…