Single Steps

December 6th, 2013 Today as I walked through a foggy Sakura Park where Louis CK filmed a scene for his television show, I held Carolyn Fo...

Some thoughts as I pack to visit home for the next nine days... Is there anything more poetic, more enlivening than Yerevan under a thic...

Today I got my second haircut since arriving in Armenia three months ago to the day. My first haircut cost 8,000 Armenian dram (AMD); tha...

I thought I wouldn't blog in Armenia during my Fulbright year as it would deter time from scribing larger works, like a novel, play, se...

Happy to be writing another song for a great singer/songwriter in Lebanon, Eileen Khatchadourian - check out some great material at http://w...

Ever stood at a crossroads? Wondering what sits beyond the horizon? I'm standing at a crossroads now, trying to figure out the nex...

I saw "The Social Network" for a second time today with my brother, and remain in awe of Facebook's expansiveness and the over...

Here's a wonderful passage from the Good Book my grandmother shared with me! ... "Anyone who makes fun of his father or despises hi...

http://www.myspace.com/noseriki Check it out! My new band, "No Sé, Riki". "Motorqueen" co-written with Zach; I arrange...

Well, Mr. Blogo. Hello. I feel like since I stopped traveling, I haven't had anything substantive to give you. Nothing worth sharing. ...

I'm after a sound. I can hear it, I've always heard it, and I'm slowly extracting it. Here are the tools that are helping me g...

Much Love to the Armenian Poetry Project for publishing one of my more recent poems, "Eye Contact". CHECK IT OUT: http://armenian...

In the womb of my kitchen, behind walls of culture and every-square-inch-architecture, I heard snare drums clacking in the street. I ran ou...

Here's an observation that morphed into a monologue while I was sitting on the subway today writing. "A row of people with books a...

A very special thank you to Sylvie Miller for translating my poem "Departure" into French. Sylvia, a kind spirit from Monaco I...