There was always going to be a part 2, even if every thought and action for 3 years was aligned against that inevitability being a possibility. All of us, including him, knew the statistics with a glio-bastard-oma, but life is still to be found in the shadow of death, and I’m at peace knowing that,Continue reading “Brain: Part 2”
Author Archives: Adam Johnson
Shoes
I threw out your shoes today You don’t Need them. The clatter of the dumpster floor Echoes. They, fated to rest in landfill, Took you so many steps Until your last. Holding onto them with First hope, then Ripping Grief Now you walk with me, but These will never. You don’t Need them.
On Writing: Or Not
Is there anything more cliché than the person who starts a blog and declares to himself “I WILL write every week”? A flood of ideas fills the mind for posts; every book, show, car ride conversation, and current event beckons one to start typing away to uncover the core messages, broadly applicable themes, and lifeContinue reading “On Writing: Or Not”
On Running
Its funny that the act of going for a run makes you want to write about it later. Actually, since I haven’t written on ANYTHING since I think February, running somehow makes one want to spew their thoughts on a page to memorialize them (a post on Not Writing is definitely coming after this). WhyContinue reading “On Running”
Brain: Part 1
The news hits you hard, out of nowhere. You might have been seeing some changes for a while now, telling yourself that it was just aging, just ennui manifesting itself in a year marked by the turning of pages on a calendar and little else. But there It is, right in front of you, unableContinue reading “Brain: Part 1”
Walking
“There are many reasons to walk for exercise,” says Ann Green, M.S., past heptathlon world athlete, yoga teacher and fitness studio owner. “Walking improves fitness, cardiac health, alleviates depression and fatigue, improves mood, creates less stress on joints and reduces pain, can prevent weight gain, reduce risk for cancer and chronic disease, improve endurance, circulation, and posture, andContinue reading “Walking”
Book Post–Fulcrum: A Top Gun Pilot’s Escape from the Soviet Empire
by Alexander Zuyev with Malcom McConnell Captain Alexander Zuyev’s book Flanker highlights his famous (and successful) 1989 defection attempt from the Soviet Union at the brink of its collapse. Zuyev, disillusioned with Gorbachev’s glasnost and perestroika political and economic reforms, flew his state-of-the-art MiG-29 fighter jet from his base in Georgia to Turkey, an AmericanContinue reading “Book Post–Fulcrum: A Top Gun Pilot’s Escape from the Soviet Empire”
Adam's Fathoms 