Arlo Hennings
Bio
Author 2 non-fiction books, music publisher, expat, father, cultural ambassador, PhD, MFA (Creative Writing), B.A.
Stories (116/0)
Bali--New Years Eve
THE ARRIVAL "Sir….. wake up. Please buckle your seat belt," the flight attendant nudged my arm. "we'll be landing soon." Beat up by airplane food. I arrived on the island of "Eat, Pray, Love" on the 15th day of the 12th month. On the eve of the full moon - a special day for a moon-related ceremony the Balinese call hitam bulan.
By Arlo Hennings2 years ago in Fiction
Why I Quit Print Publishing and Moved to Digital Writing
Why I Quit Print Publishing and Moved to Digital Writing This is not a cry in my beer sour grapes story. But did you ever spend 6 years writing a book? Then upon servicing the media with it treated you like the worst thing that ever climbed out of the sewer? If the answer is yes, then you'll want to read this.
By Arlo Hennings2 years ago in Journal
Before there was #Black Lives Matter
My journey to South Africa During the country's first democratic election and the end to apartheid. I was representing the 70s era A&M singer/songwriter Shawn Phillips. Little did Phillips know that during the South African cultural embargo. Imposed by the USA Government. He had grown into a mysterious, iconic, music legend for supporters against apartheid.
By Arlo Hennings2 years ago in Humans
The Zodiac Chronicles
Woodstock Music and Art Fair The stars and planets were in alignment on August 15, 1969. People carried tents, backpacks, coolers, blankets, children, and pets. They pulled wagons. And anything else that could be handy for camping or creating a new civilization. No one was selling tickets. The entrance gates had been torn down. It was free.
By Arlo Hennings2 years ago in Humans
The Man Who Wrote the Song "That's Life"
My inspiration was to discover songwriters. Tin Pan Alley is the name given to a collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. This story is about a group of songwriters from Minneapolis who tried to create their Tin Pan Alley.
By Arlo Hennings2 years ago in Beat
Who Started the Gaia Movement?
Introduction The original Rainbow Tribe Gathering was in July 1972. Since then every year on National Forest land. Gatherings have been held annually in the United States from July 1 through 7. And in many other places around the world.
By Arlo Hennings2 years ago in Earth
I Feel Happy! I Feel Healthy! I Feel Ter-r-ific!
A discordant melody is heard, played upon a hundred honking cars from the traffic outside. Before us is the unemployment office - a labyrinth of angular cubicles. Only the white glow of the pale ceiling lights upon the waiting area forestage; the surrounding area shows a gloomy haze of blue. As a spotlight light appears, we see a long line of tired people. An air of the dream clings to the place, a dream rising out of reality.
By Arlo Hennings2 years ago in Fiction
Goodbye on Mothers Day
Mom worked a low-wage job as a leader of a nonprofit organization for girls. When she got home she tossed her jacket and purse on the table and walked past me without a word. She continued on to the refrigerator. Looked inside to bare shelves. In robotic movements. Withdrew something wrapped in foil and dropped it onto the countertop. The loud crash of a frying pan followed, which broke up the fight between my dad and me.
By Arlo Hennings2 years ago in Families
Under the Volcano
After my brother was drafted into the Vietnam War. I rarely saw him again. Following the divorce from his first wife. He’d suffered cocaine addiction and visited me for a short time. After completing a substance abuse program in California. He returned to visit me a few years later with his new and much younger Asian wife. Soon after that, in 1989, He hired to work as a technician for an observatory on top of Mt. Mauna Kea. So they moved into a house near the base of the mountain in Hilo, on the Big Island of Hawaii.
By Arlo Hennings2 years ago in Families