Random Thoughts

Here's a link to an interview with Dulcet Literary Journal regarding my creative process (FWIW) https://www.dulcetlitmag.com/joe-tradii

Reportedly one of Cary Grant's favorite poems: "They bought me a box of tin soldiers, I threw all the Generals away, I smashed up the Sergeants and Majors, Now I play with my Privates all day."

I admit that for years and years I never read a preface in a book. It was just a bunch of front matter, like the colophon and table of contents, which stood between me and my intended reading material. I eagerly skipped over this obstruction to get drunk on the wine of words. I didn’t know what I was missing. Shame on me! The older I get the more I appreciate context, that amuse-bouche before partaking in the main course. The more I think about it, the more appropriate this m