by Louie Ferrera | Aug 18, 2022 | Friends & Family
I had to run to Safeway the other day to pick up a few items. If I’m in a hurry I sometimes use one of the automatic checkout kiosks, yea they’re dehumanizing and one of the many manifestations of our increasingly impersonal society, but when I want to get out of the...
by Louie Ferrera | Aug 11, 2022 | Friends & Family
The fragility of life came into pinpoint focus for me last week when I learned of the passing of my dear friend Kim Kenney. How could such a shining beacon of light and love be extinguished so quickly? I last saw her two months ago at a three day music festival up in...
by Louie Ferrera | Oct 23, 2020 | Friends & Family
When I picked my son up yesterday from his past time job at the local hardware store, he told me about this experience that he had during his lunch break. Sam walked into Burger King, placed his order and stepped aside to wait for his food. A scruffy young man with...
by Louie Ferrera | Apr 16, 2020 | Friends & Family
The other night Carol and I were watching a movie. Like most people, we’ve been watching lots of movies lately. This was a sweet independent film about a struggling improvisational comedy troupe set in New York City, the type of film we’d normally pay to see at our...
“It was alive and took over our bodies as we swirled around each other” Around, and sometimes through! Comin’,comin’,comin’, around….…
“we were amoebas colliding to create sounds previously unheard.” Nothing else needs to be said. Thanks for letting me jump…
My first thought is that the sign was placed there by the Sidhe back in the depths of time, and…
Well I’m late to this essay, we’ve been busy with a few home projects! “. . . pause and .…
Louie, you are one very sweet man!