Twists & Turns

writings from the universe next door

Category: writing

  • The Emperor’s New Wing

    The Emperor’s New Wing

    The following is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead is purely coincidental. *** Nothing is as easy as it looks; everything takes longer than you think. And, if anything can go wrong, it will, and at the worst possible time. Murphy’s Law *** So…

  • Art & Writing

    Art & Writing

    I’ve long been interested in the connection between music and language, but this lovely new book by artist and writer Peter Selgin fascinated me, as it links events from his study of, and life in the visual arts, with his impressive collection of work as an equally impressive and accomplished…

  • Changes

    Changes

    I can relate to that woman in the picture. In the past year-and-a-half, the world has shifted 180º around me, making my hair stand on end, the blood rush to my head, and bringing everything I’d taken for granted crashing to the floor. The resulting clutter has forced a colossal…

  • Suitcase

    Suitcase

    I found an old one stuffed away, untouched, unopened for years. Maybe I should have left it in the nether region of the closet where I’d shoved it, but it’s spring, and akin to the nesting impulse which sets in as soon as the first autumn chill haunts the house,…