The Benjamin Report

  • A Moment for Peace

    A Moment for Peace

    Somebody Told Me Last year my annual death aligned with the winter season. It struck me right before the end, my little Subaru was out of her head and coughed out her last drops of blood in the cold. She died in Madison, Wisconsin rolled over in the dark chill of a November night. I Continue reading

  • EPISODE FIVE

    EPISODE FIVE

    Someday it will change, it will all change My reflections on Dig! XX, the re-cut expanded 20th anniversary version of the original cult classic rock n’ roll documentary. The untold secret behind everything we create that binds the understanding of all art together, especially to its makers, is that there is no finished project. Every Continue reading

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  • EPISODE FOUR

    EPISODE FOUR

    Knockoff Green Casio Watch My recollection of my desperate search for a new, reliable but affordable digital watch and the madness that had come of it. Forever ago, my dad gifted me a Timex analog watch. It was a neat little device that, along with the time of day, also showed the date. The trouble Continue reading

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  • EPISODE THREE

    Reflections on “The Cave” “The Cave” is a short story written by Liliana Colanzi. It was published in her new collection of short fiction “You Glow In The Dark” earlier this year. You can read her story in the link provided, but you can read my thoughts on it here. Sometimes I take comfort in Continue reading

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  • EPISODE TWO

    “Defensive” as a term for Children Going back almost two decades, if you traveled to Belle Reynolds Elementary School you’d find a magical empire in its backyard. It’s still there if you look hard enough, past a grassy ditch within that mass of cracked concrete, there are the artifacts and traces of a once proud Continue reading