“Mask Shaming and Virtue Signaling” I take a mask with me when I go out. I put it on when asked or required to do so when entering a commercial establishment. I’m not proud of it. I’m not ashamed of it. I wear it because our state requires it. If they didn’t…I wouldn’t because … Continue reading Mask Shaming and Virtue Signaling
Leaderless and Rudderless
I think what I find the most disconcerting in this present, inflammatory political atmosphere is the lack of responsibility on the part of, well...anyone. The #BLM movement--debate the merits or lack thereof if you will--is leaderless and rudderless. I've been in a boat before that had lost its engine AND rudder. It was not a … Continue reading Leaderless and Rudderless
Watercolor Dreams Video Trailer
Sometimes the devil shows his face. And sometimes that face is an artfully crafted disguise well-known to the public. Crooked Las Vegas politician, Harry Olivetti, wears that face. Vanessa Phillips also has a face. It’s a face no eighteen year-old should ever have to wear. She knows a secret about Harry Olivetti’s son, and it’s … Continue reading Watercolor Dreams Video Trailer
Finding Wonderland Video Trailer
The Amazing Race
The Amazing Race by R.G. Ryan Originally published in Snapshots At St. Arbuck's Vol 2, Available from Amazon.com Six a.m. on a mid-summer Sunday morning. I was sitting at a sidewalk table outside a St. Arbuck’s on Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood—“WeHo” to the locals—doing a bit of people watching and thinking about … Continue reading The Amazing Race
The Color Of Love
*The Color Of Love This story was originally published in, “Snapshots At St. Arbuck’s Vol 1" available from Amazon.com ©2008 R. G. Ryan It was predictably hectic at St. Arbuck’s with customers coming and going in a nearly unbroken chain of poor souls whose morning just wouldn’t be complete without the obsessive indulgence. According … Continue reading The Color Of Love
The Storehouse Of Days
The Storehouse Of Days by R.G. Ryan This story was first published in Snapshots At St. Arbuck's Vol 1, available at Amazon.com I would see him every morning without fail on the patio of a local coffee bar in Barcelona. He sat there in the sun, head back, eyes closed and simply breathing. By his … Continue reading The Storehouse Of Days
Who’ll Stop The Rain
Who’ll Stop The Rain? ©2014 R.G. Ryan The rain began ten days ago, and hasn't let up once—not even for a moment. Relentless and unceasing it falls in a seeming attempt to cover the surface of the earth in a deluge of Biblical proportions. My umbrella ceased to function the morning of the third … Continue reading Who’ll Stop The Rain
Flight Of Fancy
Copyright 2014 R.G. Ryan I was sitting in the LAX International terminal waiting impatiently for the departure of my flight to Sydney, Australia. It was already a good thirty minutes late and I had started to worry since I had an interview in about 23 hours for the most important position of my twenty-four year-old … Continue reading Flight Of Fancy
On The Occasion Of The Forty-fourth Anniversary Of My Twenty-first Birthday
I am not so very old Nor am I as old as I hope to become Merely older than I've ever been MUCH older
R.G. Ryan 