The people I’ve loved the most are those so confidently at ease with themselves, that they put others at ease. If there’s a guy railing
The Keeper
The Keeper A slow and steady flame, Does burn inside this heart, Though with it knowledge came, To rip my soul apart. Of the
Notre Dame is Burning
I’ve long wanted to visit Paris. Some years ago I began having dreams about the city. The dreams subsided but my interest in visiting did
Spirits Having Flown
One of the first albums I ever owned that was mine. It was a birthday gift from a friend in grade school. Someone else
Into the Hours After Midnight
The other day I made it a point to follow the posts, to really look at the posts, of a couple of people whom I
If you believe in nothing else…
… just keep believing in yourself…
April
I’ll draw a picture of my life, Colors running outside the lines, Bright sun blazing through the downpour, The silver lining leaking out, Running wild
Stood Up
I spent all of twenty minutes, Deciding what to wear, Maybe half an hour, Doing something with this hair, Then rushed through, soggy, rain-slicked
Beautiful
Art by Bansky Don’t allow the perceptions of others to become your reality.
Inclement Weather, and Quotes from Saint Joan
The rain has been seemingly incessant. It was ingrained in me throughout my youth not to be a “complainer.” However, seeing as how I am
Back at the Writing, and Great Tunes
The first Pat Benatar song that I remember being aware of was “Heartbreaker.” That was about the same time that I was becoming a Tom
Ballroom Blitz, Keep Calm
Photo of a woman drinking tea after a bombing raid in London during the Blitz (no copyright infringement intended.) Link.ย Yesterday, (when I started writing
Covenants of Lingering Bones, Release Day.
Masquerading in the steady winds of the Autumn night, Bonnie is sure she’s seen a monster. Alice Monaghan has been entrusted with a secret, the
Definitions
socialism: noun, 1. any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of
The Truth About Global Warming
It’s about greed and money and power. I think, all scientists should be skeptics. I think, the nature of the job demands it. Greenland used
Perpetually Midnight at The Starlight, A Diner Movie
Working on the cover for Bones, or COLB, I became inspired. I’ve been thinking about this book for years, recently, however, several of my published
Cover Design
The proofs for the new book arrived. The cover isn’t quite as it should be. It should look like this, front and back … but
Beyond the Vanity
The next book, the new book, Covenants of Lingering Bones, will be available soon. After much rigmarole, going so far as to set up the
Optimism
I’ll tell you what optimism is, in a world where a fake issue of a real newspaper was distributed by activists, and went viral, and
The People in The Towns…
Because, throughout the world, the needs, and wants, of the people in the towns and the suburbs, are not the same as those of the
