previous probe-goads
This novel-blog was launched on April 4, 2010. The story begins in October 2009. Like the serial novels of the 19th century this is a story unfolding in installments, posts coming every ten days to two weeks. These posts are self-contained. Click on any week to glimpse where Max is in his life. If you want to read it like a novel of old, start at the beginning, at the bottom of the list and work your way up.
Entries by Title
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- 56 - shooting blanks
- 55 - this mundane little life
- 54 - nothing else matters
- 53 - now what?
- 52 - women
- 51 - the portland moment
- 50 - frame for living
- 49 - a dinner party
- 48 - angle of insight
- 47 - the simplest of things
- 46 - stardust
- 45 - what i never wanted
- 44 - i come to play, to love and secretly to dance
- 43 - if it's timbuktu, then so be it
- 42 - collective creation of excellence
- 41 - way station of misery?
- 40 - i'll go on
- 39 - an interlude: thinking of julie elliott
- 38 - coming clean
- 37 - art has the power to transform
- 36 - stop caffeine, stop alcohol?
- 35 - secular sacred
- 34 - a new day
- 33 - sardonic and sassy inamorata
- 32 - all it takes is some risk
- 31 - what else can we do?
- 30 - blanca
- 29 - the ride-master throttles it up
- 28 - i’m in love with him
- 27 - the momentum is lyrical
- 26 - not in mid-life crisis
- 25 - arrow into the heart
- 24 - can you hear me?
- 23 - time is now
- 22 - santa barbara
- 21 - eunuchs
- 20 - she electrifies me
- 19 - the one
- 18 - eloisa to abelard
- 17 - out of the blue
- 16 - technologic
- 15 - wounds
- 14 - warming and familiar intimacy of the daily round
- 13 - lupron poétique
- 12 - spiritual wind
- 11 - my proper mode
- 10 - wordlessness
- 9 - a languorous and luscious rhythm
- 8 - camille
- 7 - anamnesis
- 6 - get me to hospice, i’m good to go
- 5 - distances untouched
- 4 - open letter to jane campion
- 3 - intimacy so profound
- 2 - the delirium and ecstasy
- 1 - love elemental







