Christian Molenaar

Author: cdmolenaar

  • Cowboy Ian’s a Major Player

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    The ever-delightful multi-hyphenate Ian Cairncross (musician, writer, videographer and podcaster of Cheap Windows/Emo Survivalist/All My Wishes fame) has recorded an excellent reading of my very short story “Cowboy.” Read more

  • Comedy of Remarriage

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    When Hannah and I got married nearly five years ago, we agreed to read vows of our own writing at the ceremony. When the time came for me to read my vows, I was so overcome with emotion I found the words on the paper could do nothing to capture the sensation of the moment, Read more

  • Strangers on a Train

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    I want an Amtrak hamburger. And a coffee. Read more

  • July 5

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    Kafka’s diary, July 5, 1914 Read more

  • July 1

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    Kafka’s diary, July 1, 1914 Read more

  • Vanity Sounds the Horn

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    The last Those Darn Gnomes album, Calling Whitetails to a Tuned Bow, turns five years old today. Read more

  • Recantate

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    I’m back from the desert with some new (old) songs. Read more

  • Driving the Seven

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    Today is Tall Can’s birthday. (Don’t ask how old he is. He doesn’t know.) Read more

  • Memorial Day

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    After the ceremony we went out for dim sum and argued about our apartment. When our Lyft driver came he said we were his first partiers of the night. We told him we were going to my mom’s house. He was listening to a podcast about Memorial Day. The host spoke in low, grave tones, Read more

  • Cowboy

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    The cowboy hat sits high on the crown of his patchy scalp, stilted and unnatural. Read more

Thought:

“Your film must resemble what you see on shutting your eyes.”

Robert Bresson

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