The light here in Northern Colorado is changing so drastically during these last few days. It’s fall. And in Colorado that means one thing when it comes to these September days: the days feel like summer and the nights feel like autumn. I mean, the days are still hot, andContinue Reading
Years ago, long before my son was born, I had only two things I needed to do daily to live. I had to write and I had to work for money to pay the bills. I had such a life then that I really didn’t need to work hard, andContinue Reading
The Spring of 1991 found me in Iraq. I was 18 years old at the time and a Private First Class in the United States Army, 1/1 Calvary and I was already thinking different thoughts. After the cease fire, I was just waiting to go back to Germany and makeContinue Reading
Since I never really know if anyone will see this post, please leave a comment below. Thanks.Continue Reading
Years ago, while tending bar at The Thin Man in Denver, I struggled with the artist’s dilemma. The artist dilemma, as it was for me, was how do I become a writer and still maintain my quality of life? Good question. At the time, some nebulous time between 2002 andContinue Reading
I’ve always felt like having deadlines and due dates were the only reason to get anything done. I guess it probably has to do with the way we were trained as children in school. You’d get an assignment and a date by which it had to be done. Should youContinue Reading
“We’re mostly drunk or drinking, and life outside of where we do what we do is sad and bland and muted and stupid.”Continue Reading
In two weeks time, my chapbook Cocktails and Consequences launches right here at Sophia Ballou. This last installment marks the end of a project that has been absolutely wonderful for me. The sum of this project is 13 essays and 13 chapbooks. I am, I always have been, and IContinue Reading
“Ravel has vanished. Bartok takes its place. But not one particular Bartok mental soundtrack record, but fifty of them and they’re all playing at once.”Continue Reading
It’s a funny thing. Teachers of writing and writers who dispense lazy advice always say write what you know. This advice is somehow going to make the task of writing less daunting, less difficult or at the very least, easy to start the process. This ‘write what you know’ isContinue Reading