Robert G. Griffith is a free lance writer and residential remodeling General Contractor living in Vancouver, WA.

Mr. Griffith welcomes inquiries and comments about his work. Editors and mentors are particularly welcome, and all will meet a friendly, cheerful, inquisitive writer.

My passion is ...

Living

I know too much about ...

People

My parents always told me ...

because I said so, that's why! Why, why, why... Go figure it out yourself, dammit!

My childhood ambition ...

To be Roy Rogers

My favorite memory ...

A hundred things about Lenore

Why I write ...

Birds gotta fly...

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Thomas Harris, Neal Stephenson, Walter Lippman, PBS, Boston Legal, Blues and Jazz

My first job ...

Working on the farm, feeding hogs, driving tractor.

My best moment ...

is now.

My inspiration ...

is the wisdom and experience of others.

Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Who am I?

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WHEN I DRIVE I WANT TO GO NOWHERE

A strange thing happens. Stopped at a traffic light in the middle of my busy daily urban rounds, I slowly slide out of... contact.
The busy four-way intersection shunts two opposing double-turn lanes in front of me. A freeway viaduct arches across the horizon a half block ahead. The furtive pedestrians, the stolid buildings, a stray wisp of paper clutter tumbling down the wake of traffic.
It all seizes up. Shrinks into a flat-screen diorama propped around my car. The scene beyond the windshield is meaningless. I am separated, and alone. Why ...

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