by kimmel1972 | Aug 2, 2022 | Ben's Blog
I love this place.I love the beach in wintertime, empty and quiet, and yet remnants of all the memories with indentations of summertime footsteps which never fade. Like our memories for example. Like the times when the sun was hot and the waves were cool and the beach...
by kimmel1972 | Aug 1, 2022 | Ben's Blog
Ah, New York, New York. It’s true. It’s a hell of a town. This place has seen me through it all. And I’ve seen her as well. I’ve seen everything here from live shows to small events and from little venues at small clubs to rooftop heights; and of course, I have seen...
by kimmel1972 | Jul 31, 2022 | Ben's Blog
There was an evening in the autumn months which I remember specifically and for no other reason than the color of the sky, which was beautiful and I, well . . .I was listening to a song called Us and Them by a band called The Pink Floyd. I remember this more as a...
by kimmel1972 | Jul 30, 2022 | Ben's Blog
Epilogue – There was someone who read my first book and reached out to tell me to say the book wasn’t for them. They said the book was depressing to which I replied, “The name of the book is “Operation Depression.”What did they expect, pretty clouds and rainbows?At...
by kimmel1972 | Jul 29, 2022 | Ben's Blog
Dear Mother Directional, When there’s nowhere left to fall, then I suppose there’s no more reasons to be afraid of falling. Anywhere you go, there’s no more need to worry about what comes next. What’s going to happen? What should I do?When there’s no more room between...
by kimmel1972 | Jul 28, 2022 | Ben's Blog
Dear Mother Directional, I wanted to come clean with you. Here and now. I want to share more about where I am and why. Not to mention the reasons behind where I am; but more, I wanted to send you this to explain what it was like from day one, up until now, and into...