Don’t be afraid. Feel the Music.

Posted on September 23, 2013 by main

Admittedly before I started writing this piece I enjoyed some smooth red wine, and of course, that allows the words to flow much more freely and with less of a filter, but it is good for the heart. At the same time, you should be thankful that I am writing these words rather than speaking them, and thus you can’t hear the shlurrred speech. The truth is this: I’m a tough son of a gun at Read More

One More Thing About Runners…

Posted on September 8, 2013 by main

I’m not into bumper stickers, but have you ever noticed that it’s becoming popular now for some people to sport bumper stickers that read: “I’m a Runner” or “I run” or “I run therefore I am.” That bothers the hell out of me. First off, nobody cares if you are a runner or a fat slob so why advertise for no reason? If you were a real runner, and you know what I mean by that, you wo Read More

“Get Your Program Together!”

Posted on September 8, 2013 by main

It was Brevard, North Carolina, sometime in the 70’s. I won’t tell you exactly what part of that decade otherwise you’ll peg my tender age. I saved up enough money doing paper routes and mowing lawns to become an attendee of the Blue Ridge Trails running camp, designed for High School distance runners who hoped to improve their performance and learn from some of the greats in the field at the Read More

Writing Inspiration Tips

Posted on August 27, 2013 by main

I like to write. Always have. I don’t have much time to write, and when I do, I try to finish editing and polishing my first novel, To Love With Hate which is best categorized as psychological suspense, although some experts feel it may own a genre its own genre. As you know, however, I now have a blog so that I can contribute small vignettes to introduce myself to the reading market f Read More

Beach Ladies in the Land That Time Forgot

Posted on August 24, 2013 by main

If you’ve already spent a precious 22 seconds reading the “About SRCarson” section of my blog, you’ll already remember that I grew up in Southern California fantasyland. Not to belabor the point, but I ate, drank and slept surfing when I was a young man: Malibu, Huntington Beach and Seal beaches got my trunks wet the most often. So I can imagine that it comes as a surprise to you that I’m wr Read More

Another excerpt from “To Love with Hate”

Posted on August 18, 2013 by main

The cruise ship boarded at the Port of Los Angeles, and the next two full days would be at sea until the first scheduled port of call, Puerto Vallarta. Katherine was so hard to convince to travel without the kids, but he loved to travel and immerse himself in local culture and history. In his book, Europe was higher on his list of fun destinations than the Mexican Riviera, but the cruise was certainly Read More

I apologize. Kinda

Posted on August 14, 2013 by main

Unfortunately, my ability to respond to your emails has been delayed, now proceeding at break neck pace. Well, maybe not that fast, but I am responding as best I can. If you don’t receive a response to the ones you have sent over the last few months, email me again and if you don’t yell, I’ll try to respond. But in general, if you don’t receive a response from here on out to emails withi Read More

Bring Back Ellen

Posted on August 8, 2013 by main

It was good while it lasted I guess. I went to ride up to the ninth floor with Ellen today, but she wasn’t available. I just finished a surgery and I sure needed her – that soothing voice, relaxing non – elevator music and of course skillful hands to massage my tense shoulder muscles. Yellow caution tape draped in an X fashion across her always welcoming door, and a sign that read “un Read More

Love my Elevator and She Loves Me

Posted on August 1, 2013 by main

Thankfully using elevators is an uneventful occurrence for those of who travel between floors in large buildings. When it becomes an eventful occurrence, it can be a huge stress of course and people in general have their guards up while traveling in these necessary conveyances. Something interesting happened to me in the elevator today. It wasn’t tra Read More

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