Craig Maciolek

  • The Need to Let Go

    It is all over the TV and the internet: everything will be better if we can just make it one step further; one more technology, one more chemical,.. one more drug. I have been through this before. My grandparents lived… Continue reading

  • Cultural Continuity

    If the young and healthy have to sacrifice so much for the well being of the old and weak, shouldn’t the rich have to sacrifice something for the well being of the poor? To answer no is to say that… Continue reading

  • Soft Days

    Another one gone by, I think…  maybe it was four. These soft days we find ourselves in. It’s supposed to be summer, but I can no longer remember who I was in summer. How am I supposed to make the… Continue reading

  • The Pipe Dream

    I was walking down a main street in the 1950’s Midwest. I went into a place and stopped at a folding table at the entrance. Behind it sat a young woman who looked at me with pleasant expectancy. The place… Continue reading

  • The Art of Life

    An little Observation Note from a dream I had last night. Continue reading

  • After she ended it

    After she ended ithe replayed his answer over and over again,looking for what tipped the balance. The word or phrase. The logical slip.Was he really missing something?..or was she just crazy. She hoped that one dayhe would understand the hurt… Continue reading