The Sudden Whisper Between Silk and Flesh
This is a collage made out of hair.
Colourful Promises and Frozen Wishes
This poem was inspired by my photo in a cave in Gibraltar.
Grotto 1
This photo was taken in a cave that was lit up with colourful lights, and seemed to be an otherworldly space.
Comets
Exudes an atmosphere of originality and spontaneity, with a motif that is rather dark.
Painting 3159
The hermit in the tarot sees what others see and do not see, he looks at himself, he looks forward and behind…
The Empty Mirror
These photographs are of worlds built with my own hands. The concept of how space affects internal life is central to my process.
Evening Shores
Original Watercolours
Watercolour prints on Canvas
Old Cock Road
Depicts a small pedestrianized street in Halifax, which links Commercial Road to Market Street.
Lost Heartbeats
Bold and high contrast colors intended to be the visual equivalent of a heartbeat, one that is lost because it was not taken.
Detached From Color
Photography as a means of self-expression. The most important quality of a photograph, as in all art, is to evoke an emotional response.
Summer Study
Summer Study is an acrylic on canvas painting inspired by the blooms and foliage in Ontario’s national and provincial parks.
in cemento veritas
Clothes that survived covid 19, very similar to what survived after the 2,000-year-old catastrophic eruption of Pompeii.
Jellyfish and Microbeads
By pairing the natural with the unnatural, I create a subtle awareness of the plastic pollution crisis. Mixed media watercolor on paper.
Peppers for a Stew
This is a watercolor of three peppers in orange, yellow, and red being cut up to be put in a meat stew with other vegetables.
Covidscapes
These images were done during our Covid isolation.
Time
Time is inspired by the emotions of time. The now is where time does not exist.
Ecclesiastes was Right
Great Artists Steal: How Artists Really Get Their Ideas by Debra N. Mancoff pulls back the curtain of what art was, is, and can become.
Disaster, Evil, and Moral Truth in Henry James: Genotiva’s Analysis
Examining David Genotiva’s analysis of Henry James’s literary works, focusing on how Genotiva interprets James’s treatment of moral disaster.
AI and The Future of Creativity
Will AI make all writers, artists, poets, and story tellers obsolete? Do creative people need to stop using AI?
Review of Pitfall by Terry Kirk
A review of Pitfall from Terry Kirk. Reviewer Mitch Toews, hosted Ms. Kirk’s launch during Plume Winnipeg’s annual literary festival.
Interview With Jude Neale
I had the great pleasure of being able to interview the very prolific poet, Jude Neale, who is on the cusp of publishing And Now There Is Me.
Breaking the College Mold
Do we want institutions to focus on individual status, or to prioritize society progressing and students’ well-being? The answer matters.
Letter to Marjorie
This is a short article in the form of a letter to Pulitzer Prize winner Marjorie Kinnan Rawlins.
I’m Finally Writing about Karl Ove Knausgaard
How Karl Ove Knausgaard’s latest work stacks up against his greatest hits.
The True Story
A critical view of the popular “nonfiction” essay type, magazines and places where it appears, and the book version known as the long walk.
Flash Fiction
What is flash fiction? A brief history and guide to current trends.
Mississippi Prisoners Tell Their Stories
A review of Unit 29: Writing from Parchman Prison.
Searching for the Dark Other Side: A Review of Lindsay Hill’s Tidal Lock
A book review of Lindsay Hill’s new novel “Tidal Lock” from McPherson & Company, published November 2024.
The Lucky Chops
The Lucky Chops is a unique brass band. They play funky jazz/rock tunes and often play the New York subway platforms.
Review: Endearing Species
The fiction starts with the citation of reasons for the migration of the Nepali speaking people from the Plain areas to the hilly ones.
The Pulitzer Prize Winner
A review of the two memoirs by Frank McCourt; “Angela’s Ashes” and “Tis.” These were moving accounts of his upbringing in Limerick, Ireland.
Sex, Fascism, and So Forth
A book review of Master Lovers from the small press Outpost 19 in San Francisco.
Moses’ Brother
Aaron’s brother pulls him into a violent drug deal. Aaron’s past come to light, forcing him to confront what he does and does not remember.
The Blue Binder
A tattered blue binder reveals a mind that sees pathways no one else can.
The Wrong Road
Exploring the moral conflict between a father and his son during the final years of the communist regime in Romania.
Jiaan’s Flowers
A public safety officer’s day at work after a tragedy.
A Girl Named Janie
Martha kills Bluesy and is left with the girl he’d abducted. She has to decide to keep pretending or find the life that was taken from her.
Used Steinways
A Story of Friendship, Growth, and the Love of Pianos.
The Last Voice Message from Abuela
A quiet, haunting story about a woman who keeps receiving voicemails from her deceased grandmother – messages that evolve with time.
The Gardener
Following a family’s long-time gardener, Westin Yeled who discovers something that haunts him, and rocks his tiny world.
The Bel Air inside the Bog
A retired English teacher learns of a rumour about two missing high school students and sets out to solve the fifty year old puzzle.
The Last Caller
Hard-living Jack Stone is celebrating another year of cheating death, but his New Year’s Eve is interrupted by a most unexpected visitor.
Old Man at the Cafe
An old man sits at a cafe never touching his beer. An American sits down next to him. They observe each other, believing themselves superior.
El Salvador
When Bobby was twenty-one and newly arrived in America, he met a girl from El Salvador.
Mind Shaft
A young woman and a retired gold miner enter a treacherous gold mine, and end up trapped with the remains and artifacts of ancient people.
Ababeel
I was here in the spirit when prayers ignited hope and optimism within me that my sister was performing Hajj, not mockery.
More Bullfrog Than Prophet
A college instructor, in town for a seminar at the university, decides to visit his friend, to discover that he had died the week before.
The Rising
A little story about a couple of pals.
Trojan Horse
In an era of racial injustice in the Deep South, black women often raised and nurtured white children who came to cherish them.
Happy Mother’s Day
This past Mother’s Day, I thought of my mother, even though she is no longer physically with me, but I wished her a Happy Mother’s Day.
Then and Now
Light-hearted reflections about the impairments of advanced age.
Method of Loci
A poem addressing the vagaries and impact of Alzheimer’s on my father.
‘ŌKOLEHAO
A peek into Hawaii’s past, with Kamehameha as its king.
The Weeping Willow Tree
Willow trees do look like they are weeping and sad. They are also vibrant and eye catching.
A Poem Because Of Helen
This poem is dedicated to the last cut cord of wood. To the hobgoblins behind insomnia’s pressboard paneling.
Colourful Promises and Frozen Wishes
This poem was inspired by my photo in a cave in Gibraltar.
Be you
As a Mother to a neurodivergent 4-year-old and neurotypical 7-year-old, I want them both to know that in my eyes they are perfect.
Deadname
”Deadname” is a sestina that mirrors gender transition with the emotional transition of a family that has to put their biases behind them.
My Brother
Much time has passes, idle memories
Save one picture
11:04pm
Inspired by Appalachian desolation.
Homonyms
A tongue-in-cheek description of the use of homonyms in the English language.
Clear Pond Water
Pond water is clear
this year. A wavery…
The Journey to Where?
This is a poem about real life.
Ineffable
I learned over half a century ago that there is metaphysical aspect to what we call “life,” and its awareness comes at unpredictable moments.