by larrymannino | Sep 15, 2020
Every year I try to grow pumpkins. Every year I fail. Except for this year. I have a very small patch for my pumpkins. It’s not big enough, and I know it. Still, like Charlie Brown trusting Lucy to hold the football, every year I give it a go. My wife and...
by larrymannino | Aug 16, 2020
I’ve been trying to learn guitar for years. I’d pick it up, learn for a stretch, get into it, stop making progress, forget about it, lose my callouses Rinse and repeat. When Covid hit, I had more time and decided to, once again, take another stab at...
by larrymannino | Mar 28, 2020
Everyone Breathless in Panicky State Is there nothing to do now but just Sit and Wait? And to TV and Phone Check for Constant Update? To Confirm More Bad News, Addict’s Itch must we Sate? Forget not that all ‘News’ Is not Kind Service Free But most...
by larrymannino | Jan 29, 2020
When there’s a small thing That’s been weighing on you A task that you know That you simply must do One task in The Past Perhaps you’d not embrace But still needed to do In your great Career Race Yes a small and dull part Of All that you do When the...
by larrymannino | Jan 4, 2020
How did you get to where you are? If you’re in a good place, and generally happy, you probably don’t think about this sort of thing, and good for you! But if you’re somewhere on the spectrum between blandly-existing-and-not-too-happy-about-it and...
by larrymannino | Jan 1, 2020
Many of us are miserable. Exhausted, unsatisfied, longing and unhealthy. A quick walk through your local Target 2 days before Christmas is pretty much all the proof you need of this. Haunted faraway looks, frenzied actions, stress-pallored and with an almost robotic...
by larrymannino | Dec 18, 2019
Yesterday morning I was reading “The Ten Best Books of 2019” in The New York Times’ Book Review to see if I was on it (spoiler alert: nope). Anyway, the article contained a brief synopsis of each the NYT’s top 10 picks, one of which was The...
by larrymannino | Apr 8, 2019
This is a great little animated short that reminds me of pre-Disney Pixar explorations where the animation’s job was to tell the story – really nicely done. Enjoy!
by larrymannino | Feb 26, 2019
Some people say getting old is a choice. I used to think that was big, fat happy load of…ahhh… self-deceit. Now, I don’t. Yes, you can be young again. Young with a spark in your eye and spring in your step. Young in the way you remember feeling as a...
by larrymannino | Feb 20, 2019
When I used to go to the movies it was an Event. Two hours away from more of the same, and transported to somewhere new. An escape. Something different. I’d be excited, alert, aware. Fidgety even. Sitting in my seat. Waiting with anticipation. There used to be...
