Lilly read slowly and methodically and forced herself from one sentence to the next. The accident was described in enough detail to make it clear a loose bolder on a hairpin turn was responsible. One climber was a local Frenchman who’d suffered no injuries. The other was a young American on his first trip to… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Sidney Stark
Look Out! – part 2
It was a revelation to find that she and Simon had a lot more in common than their passion for climbing mountains. Realizing their attraction to each other had much to do with the pull of shared values and dreams only added to the magnetism. Lilly’s parents said a healthy assault of adolescent hormones played… Continue Reading
Look Out!
Part One of a new short story … In Professor Penn’s usual style, they stayed in a tiny, inexpensive, but lovely out-of- the way spot in Germany near the Rhine river. There were no tourists, and only fishermen and laborers in the vineyards to talk with. At the end of a tiring day of climbing… Continue Reading
Outsider Art
I had a discussion about outsider art with a friend recently. The term is a difficult one to define these days, because it’s evolved into something more and less than it was meant to be when it was coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972. I thought then, and still do, that it was… Continue Reading
The Art of Life- Part 2
See last post for Part 1, or Sidney Says for brief synopsis- “I don’t have any idea what you’re talking about” she said. “I don’t need it at all. I got the yen out of my blood a long time ago.” “Did you?” he asked, making it sound more like a taunt than a question.… Continue Reading
The Art of Life- a short story, part 1
“Never let a dream get away. What have you always wanted to do but never gotten around to?” She watched him watching her react. Everything about the man annoyed her, from his long gray pony tail to his bare feet in Gucci loafers. The aging artist’s hippy veneer was inappropriate for someone his age and obvious… Continue Reading