Dave’s Diaries: Life, writing and more

  • A pandemic diary: The long road

    A pandemic diary: The long road

    September 13, 2022 You had Covid and it wasn’t much more than a cold. Or maybe you spent a couple of days in bed but were soon back at work, the gym, and the pub. Only now you’re badly fatigued, short of breath, and you have a brain fog that won’t quit. You may be… Read more

  • Artifacts

    Artifacts

    August 22, 2022 You never know what surprises are lurking in the basement – not the evil stuff like dry rot, zombies, or shag carpeting, but things you’ve forgotten you own. A round of late-summer decluttering brought forth a relic from what feels like eons past: a ZTE 7431 mobile phone. I wouldn’t call this… Read more

  • On the beach and the road to nowhere

    On the beach and the road to nowhere

    August 12, 2022 I’ve loved the water since I was a kid splashing in the pool at the Y and the lakes around Kalamazoo, Michigan. In college, I was too uncool for spring break debauchery-by-the-sea, and never in my wildest dreams imagined actually owning a place at the beach. Then my future wife took me… Read more

  • New story: “Algorithms and Lies”

    New story: “Algorithms and Lies”

    July 29, 2022 My latest story, “Algorithms and Lies,” has just been published by The Fictional Cafe. It’s the cautionary tale of Mick Sanford, an old-school crime writer bedeviled by a new breed of editor, a bot named Max with boundless artificial intelligence. Contemptuous of her and the modern world in general, Mick tries to… Read more

  • I love nature. It hates me.

    I love nature. It hates me.

    July 13, 2022 “Don’t forget the frog,” is a sentence that one might not expect to hear from one’s partner. Typically, the other person might remind you to take out the recycling, pick up some cat food, collect a kid from soccer practice, or blast Roundup on the weeds. Around here, though, we’re facing what… Read more

  • Let’s (not) hear it for the Big 16!

    Let’s (not) hear it for the Big 16!

    July 8, 2022 In these times it may seem silly to rant and sputter about something as trivial as football, especially since the season is still several weeks away. But if you’re a fan, stay tuned for my manifesto on the biggest outrage since the spot of the ball on 4th down in the second… Read more