Tag Archives: John R. Clark

No Appropriate Title

Posted on November 7, 2024 by John Clark

I got home at 9:15 Tuesday night after working 14 ½ hours as a ballot clerk here in Waterville. I woke up at 5 the next morning and swear my body temperature dropped ten degrees as I watched online reports … Continue reading →

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Who Stole the Wallpaper?

Posted on October 7, 2024 by John Clark

John Clark is staring at his wall of creativity and shaking his head. It has always been nicely covered with an ever-changing patina of writing ideas, but this time, it’s blank. I know from experience that this is a temporary … Continue reading →

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The RMC, an ever rarer species

Posted on September 6, 2024 by John Clark

John Clark remembering an endangered species. They can’t be manufactured, nor imported, and definitely cannot be bred in captivity. When I was a kid back in the 1950s, they were abundant and I doubt anyone even entertained the thought that … Continue reading →

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The Exorcism of Hinkee Joubler

Posted on August 13, 2024 by John Clark

  John Clark: hoping to replicate an exorcism that worked some twenty years ago. In that instance, I had a recurring dream that I had murdered a young woman while still drinking and after getting sober, kept waiting for the … Continue reading →

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Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda, This Place Sure Beats Camp Granada

Posted on July 5, 2024 by John Clark

John Clark reporting in after a most satisfying trip. Back in January, Beth suggested it might be fun to take Piper, our older granddaughter, on an educational adventure this summer. We decided on a Road Scholar program called Ocean Science … Continue reading →

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5/4/70>Shades of Grey mixed with blood<5/4/2024

Posted on May 7, 2024 by John Clark

John Clark writing what is the most difficult post since the one about my personal experience with abortion. My involvement with the anti-war movement began after I wrote a research paper in the spring semester back in 1967 when I … Continue reading →

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Sometimes The Good Die Young For A Reason

Posted on April 5, 2024 by John Clark

John Clark is way ahead of his reading goal, having enjoyed 66 books in the first three months of 2024. And, yes, I also find time to write along with selling used books, and entering sweepstakes. Retirement, when approached properly … Continue reading →

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The Maine Cabin Fever Add-on

Posted on March 7, 2024 by John Clark

John Clark pondering the sorta survival of another Maine winter. I say sorta because it ain’t over yet and I daren’t count the lost parts and number of chips and dings in my psychic paint job. We’re at that sketchy … Continue reading →

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I Came, I Saw, I Wrote

Posted on February 6, 2024 by John Clark

John Clark checking in after having survived January, albeit barely. Unlike Florida, or Southern California (although that’s changing pretty quickly thanks to that fake-news climate stuff), we have distinctive seasons, even, at times, distinctive months. That is one of many … Continue reading →

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Is That A Full Monty, Python?

Posted on January 8, 2024 by John Clark

  John Clark musing on ‘stuff’. Real Mainers are often familiar with someone who ‘knows stuff’. They’re incredibly competent, often self-taught folks who seldom have to advertise to get customers. Such individuals’ services are worth more than they generally charge … Continue reading →

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