Love Is Stronger Than Death

Love Is Stronger Than Death

It’s been over a year without activity here, and I owe you an explanation. Late in 2020, Bell’s Palsy paralyzed the right side of my face, making it difficult to write due to loss of control over my right eye. Ominously, the palsy...

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Mutual Press, Mutual Benefit

Mutual Press, Mutual Benefit

When you’re out of a job, one of the best things you can do for yourself is invest in skills and assets that will pay off over the long term. Mutual Press is a way that creatives can support one another and enhance the value of their...

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Curing a Contagion of Distrust

Curing a Contagion of Distrust

The pandemic has exposed deep divisions in society. Let’s cure those divides, read my Medium post about it here. Cooperative creating and publishing is one way of rebuilding trust from the ground up. It’s what Eggseed Press is all...

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A Temple of Stone

A Temple of Stone

Dramatic introductions are a recurring theme in my most lasting relationships. So my virgin experience of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference the first weekend of March 2020 in San Antonio Texas, as a general panic...

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Jury Duty

Jury Duty

It was a rainy day in Winter. Los Angeles glistened like a wet frog. The relentless and macabre machinery of the Criminal Justice Center rustled papers, summoned grouchy jurors into pens, and judged from on high. I sat in a courtroom, one of...

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Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

A weird writer moves in. He offers eclectic observations. One day he’s talking about the mating habits of hedgehogs, the next day Ethereum and distributed applications. You might not get it, at first. If you pay attention, you find common threads...

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