This isn’t a holiday song per se, but it does seem fitting for a season in which people embrace their kindest, most charitable impulses. Well, some people do. Others elbow strangers in the face for flat-screen TVs and get way too drunk at office parties. And, you know, that’s okay too. We’re all just running […]
Trader Joe’s
If you’re heading to Trader Joe’s, go the first hour after they open or the last hour before they close. Any other time is asking for trouble. During one ill-timed visit to pick up a few things, I glided in and cut an immediate right into the produce area. Even at Trader Joe’s, this section […]
Pumpkin Pancakash Polka
pan·cak·ash (pan-kok-uzh) When I run “pancakes” through an online translator, the Portuguese word it comes back with is “panquecas.” My full-blooded Portuguese grandma says the old folks she knew used to call them “pan-koksh.” Come to think of it, that might just be the regular English word muttered through a mouthful of linguiça. Anyway, I […]
Shame of creativity
On why it took several years to get this site launched, and why having an online creative hub is of particular importance to me. Thanks for being here. Santa Cruz County might sound exotic and bohemian to people who think the drags down Pacific Avenue and Ocean Street to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk are the whole thing. […]
Campus cafe, circa 2006
“Is that your coffee back there? What’s it like?” “What’s it like? I’m not sure I understand. It’s coffee.” “Yeah, but aren’t there different kinds? See, the one pot says Italian Roast and the other says French Roast.” “Oh, yeah. We have Italian and French roasts.” “But what are they like? What’s the difference between […]
Maybe a songwriter?
In grade school, as the youngest son of a perpetually exhausted single mom, I’d sing a song of my own invention to get things rolling in the mornings. I’d sneak into Mom’s room, tap her on the arm, and begin: It’s time to wake up, it’s time to wake up, It’s time to wake UP, […]
Meet Chris Wilcox
There’s an apparent irony in calling this site “Meet Chris Wilcox,” given that the only audience I can expect is the one made up of people who already know me from somewhere and are curious enough to take a look. In the beginning, that’s who I can reach. The site might spread beyond the first […]
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