waiting May 20, 2008

folks come and go in the hotel lobby. a porter stacks bags on brass trolleys as commuters wait for their airport shuttle. vans and buses come and go. the revolving glass doors see steady traffic. here i sit, staring out to the covered car park, waiting for my love to arrive. she will be driving [...]

o for a sword and an orc in which to stick it. May 13, 2008

sometimes i want to be a hobbit. you know, the little people of the shire with stout hearts and over-sized furry feet. i already share the half-lings love of good beer and the simple life. more than these, i crave hobbit adventure. the real issue here is not that i want to be a hobbit [...]

of wool and other things May 7, 2008

i was reading some crap i wrote last year and i must say, it wasn’t half bad. when something is ‘not half bad’ it means that the majority is good. more good than bad. on the better side of worse as some may say. actually, no one says ‘on the better side of worse’ that [...]

Melvin’s* voices June 29, 2007

*almost his real name
Melvin hears voices that coach him. They tell him to do different things. I know ’cause he told me. Lately they’ve been saying he should eat a lot of sweets and he sure does. He has a fondness for the sour cream glaze. I hear voices telling me to drink more beer. [...]

of watermelons, storms and summer evenings lost June 26, 2007

She always did well at the county fair. Her cherry pie was to die for and her long-haired heifers were the envy of the ol’ boys.
“That there’s a cow.” They’d mutter, leaning on the fence while gazing soulfully at yet another one of her winners.
This year the grand prize was no less than an all [...]

restless… June 11, 2007

ever want to be part of something great?
ya, me too.
“there are no great things. only small things done with great love.”
mother theresa

literal issues June 6, 2007

I’ve heard it said that you are what you eat. At first blush, the phrase strikes me as rather stupid. It doesn’t compute. Consuming some food product or another does not magically transform a person into its likeness. Seriously, does anyone really think that having a bbq’ed steak makes one a cow or a t-bone [...]

Kid June 1, 2007

at Storytellers Anonymous one of our assignments was to write for ten minutes using a picture for inspiration. i used the cover of our first edition of Hatch as i arrived late and it was the only thing handy. incidentally, hatch is not available on the internet. please contact me if you’d like a copy.

The [...]

trouble magnet May 29, 2007

I have several friends who’s writing makes me smile on a regular basis. Bisslington is a young phenomenon just coming into his own, Dozzegier’s refusal to use punctuation is mind blowing, and Saint Elmach of Rysvk can mix a metaphor on dime. (Incidentally, I feel that was a strong mixed metaphor. Good work Birddog. B-)
One [...]

arnie’s poem and a shaggy dog story May 27, 2007

I work about a shift a week at The Gathering Place, a program run by the Salvation Army in partnership with the city of Kingston. The Gathering provides a meal and place to hang out for the folks of Kingston who may be without homes, money, support or other such staples that many of us [...]