Happy Father’s Day

I learned of my father’s death on a hot May morning when I was ten years old. My parents were separated and my father was alone in a sparsely furnished apartment as he died in the night. When I went back to school after the funeral was over and everyone had gone home, the other children avoided me, as though I wore some death … Read More Happy Father’s Day

The latest edition of edifice WRECKED chock full of short stories, flash fiction, poetry and more is alive and well. Go on and read it. You won’t regret it.

"Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish."

I’ve had a shitty week. A shitty couple of weeks, actually, and today when I went for my run, I reminded myself that everything was going to be okay despite some of the questionable choices I’ve made. I’ve listened to my heart and my gut and continued to take the chances I need to take to live my life the way I want to … Read More "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish."

I’m constantly amazed at how inspired some people are at taking their words to another level, creating a tapestry with the visual. Anyway, I don’t know anyone who pushes this particular envelope more than Joseph Young. Check out what this cool guy has done now: Movie.

Oh geez. I’ve been trying not to comment on this ongoing saga but… Tom Cruise proposes to Katie Holmes at Eiffel Tower. Should we start taking bets?

blogiversary

This week marked my one year blogiversary for this particular “web log.” Anyway, not expecting any presents or cards or anything. Just saying. That’s all. Oh, and it’s about 50 degrees outside. A few days ago it was 90. Okay. That’s all for today. Aren’t you glad all of this excitement has lasted a whole year?

BIG congratulations to my pal Alicia Gifford who has been promoted to Fiction Editor at Night Train.

This makes me so depressed–Poll asks Americans “Who is a journalist?”: A new U.S. poll reveals that 40 per cent of Americans think Fox News Channel personality Bill O’Reilly is a journalist, compared to 30 per cent who think Bob Woodward is a journalist.

New at Ink Pot–a beautiful flash by the one and only Kathy Fish: Photograph.

Happy Birthday to Smokelong Quarterly!

The new edition of SmokeLong Quarterly is live for your reading pleasure (and pleased will you be–it is amazing!). By all means, make sure you read the interviews at the end of each story as they are illuminating. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SmokeLong–may you live long and “keep digging beauty”!!!

Looking for inspiration and a kick in the pants, I go to one of my favorites, Annie Dillard, and reread my favorite parts of The Writing Life. Here is one for today: One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for … Read More

It would not be an exaggeration to say that the weather of late is soupy. The air is thick with water, pollen. Anything which does not move for any period of time is dusted in yellow. When it rains, the yellow coating froths around the edges, circles at the base of a stone. The air hangs thickly like stewed meat, waiting to be picked … Read More