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Bill Burkett

Precursor to “A Bit of the Strange”

“An unexamined life is not worth living” from Plato’s recollection of the speech Socrates gave at his trial…There would be no need to…

4d ago

Precursor to “A Bit of the Strange”

4d ago

Bill Burkett

Intermezzo, noun: a short connecting instrumental movement in an opera or other musical work.

Chapter 15: Red-wing intermezzo

Sep 26

Intermezzo, noun: a short connecting instrumental movement in an opera or other musical work.

Sep 26

Bill Burkett

I Have Measured Out My Life in… Cowboy Hats

Apologies to J. Alfred Pruifrock, who famously measured his life with a different device:

Sep 23

I Have Measured Out My Life in… Cowboy Hats

Sep 23

Bill Burkett

Chapter 14: A woman of a certain IQ

Among other duties as assigned — of which liquor-board members always found plenty for me — I was sent to represent them on a committee…

Sep 21

Chapter 14: A woman of a certain IQ

Sep 21

Bill Burkett

I think a man can have two, maybe three, affairs while he is married.

— Yves Montand

Sep 20

I think a man can have two, maybe three, affairs while he is married.

Sep 20

Bill Burkett

Chapter 12: The preacher’s daughter

In a land largely populated by pale-skinned Scandinavian stock she was a deeply tanned sun worshiper. So deep and natural were her mahogany…

Sep 18

Chapter 12: The preacher’s daughter

Sep 18

Bill Burkett

Strange start to a vacation

We rented a camper for our new pickup truck the second year running and decided to try a nearby campground for a shakedown. But the…

Sep 14

Sep 14

Bill Burkett

I’m saying all the things that I know you’ll like Making good conversation… We know each other…

— Olivia Newton-John singing Physical (Kipner and Shaddick)

Sep 12

I’m saying all the things that I know you’ll like
Making good conversation…
We know each other…

Sep 12

Bill Burkett

AKA Ms Walter Mitty

Words from a 1967 Army notebook kept for future use by a 23-year-old certain of his destiny as a great writer: One of the best things about…

Sep 9

AKA Ms Walter Mitty

Sep 9

Bill Burkett

Chapter 9: Coming in from the cold

The long cold winter spilled over the Cascades with a vengeance the week before Christmas. The blonde and I rendezvoused at a waterfront…

Sep 6

Chapter 9: Coming in from the cold

Sep 6

Bill Burkett

Bill Burkett

Professional writer, Pacific Northwest. 20 Books: “Sleeping Planet” 1964 to “Venus Mons Iliad” 2018–19. Most on Amazon for sale. Il faut d’abord durer.

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