I was so happy to see my story, “Animals with Nowhere to Go”, published this month (January) at Jerry Jazz Musician. I wrote “Animals” specifically to enter the Jerry Jazz 55th short fiction contest last fall. Even though it only wound […]
Back from Facebook Freedom
I had every intention of walking away for good, but as a lifelong professional planner I knew better than to burn a bridge or cut a tie or murder the messenger too swiftly.
Sayonara Facebook: exactly 12 years
I have finally ended my connection to Facebook. The last post I made was a link to Greta Thurnberg’s and George Monbiot’s three-minute and thirty-nine second YouTube video on solving the climate change riddle. In preparation for shutting down my […]
The Enlightened and the Lonely
“If you don’t feel like you’re losing your mind these days, then you’re probably part of the problem.”
Anything and Everything: advice on reading and writing, plus desiring intimacy with that special weather person on TV
Near the end of my senior year of high school, I asked my favorite instructor for advice on becoming a writer. Mr. Stawski was an extremely gifted English teacher, a PhD with 30+ years of teaching under his belt, certainly […]
Your Font Choice Says A Lot About Something
Special Note: This post was composed a week prior to the decision to overhaul the theme for this website. Thus, the font reference below, “Domine,” is now anachronistic and passé. The font family here, now, is Lora. Apologies for any […]
BULL Men’s Fiction and The Cannibal Talks
My new story “MANY WAYS TO FIND OUT” was featured at the BULL magazine website earlier this week. Bull specializes in quality fiction (and some essays) directed in varying ways at the complexity and dynamics of masculinity here in 2017. […]
Making New Meaning: Fiction’s Role in Our New America
I want to add something to the endless discussion about why it’s important to read literary fiction. The discussion is important. You may have graduated from high school English class and feel like you never want to go back again, […]
The Voice of the Rising Tide
I’ve been reading bits and pieces of Zen master and poet Thich Nhat Hanh’s The Miracle of Mindfulness for the past year. I posted a note on that back in January of 2020 called “The Enlightened and the Lonely.” It […]
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