Jim Murray

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MY JOURNAL

MY JOURNAL

VOL 1: JANUARY 28, 2024 It's 7:52 AM on the last Sunday morning in January. It's been a long time since I have been up this early. The world looks pretty strange at this time of day. It's been raining and or drizzling here for the past four days, and it's been a long time since we have seen the sun. It took my back yard a whole day to absorb the rain that fell over the past couple of days. Winter, so far, as been a no show. The world is changing. ‘Something is happening here and you don't know what it is’, Dylan would say. It's in the very early stages of starting to feel fucked up. A storm swept through here last week and hit as far south as Niagara Falls but missed us completely. I'm beginning to think there is a dome over my city. More like an inverted colander that leaks. There's actual snow in the forecast today, but I remain skeptical. The month of January is almost gone, pffft. The older you get the faster the time flies. I have almost finished the final editing on my stories. There are 26 in all, 4 of which I would consider to be novellas. They are too long to be published anywhere except in pieces. But then I never wrote them to be part of the short story teller establishment. I'm much more interested in seeing what a screenwriter would do to transform them into screenplays. I admire the hell out of anyone who can write a brief short story. But it's a skill I do not possess. I suppose I could teach myself that skill. But I much prefer be the old dog who cannot be taught new tricks. The plan for this is to make this a weekly thing that shows up on Sunday when people actually have time to read it. Hope you all will. I'll cover a wide range of topics because I am interested tn a lot of different things.
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