Art
Grotto 1

Grotto 1

March 20, 2026 0

This photo was taken in a cave that was lit up with colourful lights, and seemed to be an otherworldly space.

Comets

Comets

June 20, 2025 0

Exudes an atmosphere of originality and spontaneity, with a motif that is rather dark.

Painting 3159

Painting 3159

December 20, 2024 0

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

The Empty Mirror

September 20, 2024 0

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

Evening Shores

March 20, 2024 0

Original Watercolours
Watercolour prints on Canvas

Old Cock Road

Old Cock Road

December 20, 2023 0

Depicts a small pedestrianized street in Halifax, which links Commercial Road to Market Street.

Lost Heartbeats

Lost Heartbeats

June 20, 2023 0

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

Detached From Color

June 20, 2023 0

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

June 20, 2022 0

Summer Study is an acrylic on canvas painting inspired by the blooms and foliage in Ontario’s national and provincial parks.

in cemento veritas

in cemento veritas

March 20, 2022 1

Clothes that survived covid 19, very similar to what survived after the 2,000-year-old catastrophic eruption of Pompeii.

Jellyfish and Microbeads

Jellyfish and Microbeads

December 20, 2021 0

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

Peppers for a Stew

December 20, 2021 0

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

Covidscapes

September 20, 2021 0

These images were done during our Covid isolation.

Time

Time

June 20, 2021 0

Time is inspired by the emotions of time. The now is where time does not exist.

A Spring Collection

A Spring Collection

March 20, 2021 0

A collection of artwork with Spring in mind.

3 Untitled Portraits of Young Men On the Verge Of Infamy

3 Untitled Portraits of Young Men On the Verge Of Infamy

December 21, 2020 0

The illustrations are done with ink on paper and all measuring @ 5″X7″.

Articles
AI and The Future of Creativity

AI and The Future of Creativity

March 20, 2026 0

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

Review of Pitfall by Terry Kirk

December 20, 2025 0

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

Interview With Jude Neale

December 20, 2025 0

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

Breaking the College Mold

September 20, 2025 0

Do we want institutions to focus on individual status, or to prioritize society progressing and students’ well-being? The answer matters.

Letter to Marjorie

Letter to Marjorie

September 20, 2025 0

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

I’m Finally Writing about Karl Ove Knausgaard

September 20, 2025 0

How Karl Ove Knausgaard’s latest work stacks up against his greatest hits.

The True Story

The True Story

June 20, 2025 0

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

Flash Fiction

March 20, 2025 0

What is flash fiction? A brief history and guide to current trends.

Mississippi Prisoners Tell Their Stories

Mississippi Prisoners Tell Their Stories

March 20, 2025 0

A review of Unit 29: Writing from Parchman Prison.

Searching for the Dark Other Side: A Review of Lindsay Hill’s Tidal Lock

Searching for the Dark Other Side: A Review of Lindsay Hill’s Tidal Lock

December 20, 2024 0

A book review of Lindsay Hill’s new novel “Tidal Lock” from McPherson & Company, published November 2024.

The Lucky Chops

The Lucky Chops

December 20, 2024 0

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

Review: Endearing Species

December 20, 2024 0

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

The Pulitzer Prize Winner

September 20, 2024 0

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

Sex, Fascism, and So Forth

September 20, 2024 0

A book review of Master Lovers from the small press Outpost 19 in San Francisco.

Modernist Poetry

Modernist Poetry

September 20, 2024 0

Modernist literature is characterized by a break with traditions of literary subjects, forms, concepts and styles.

Profiles in Honesty

Profiles in Honesty

June 20, 2024 0

A book review of Writers and Missionaries, by Adam Shatz.

Short Stories
A Girl Named Janie

A Girl Named Janie

March 20, 2026 0

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

Used Steinways

March 20, 2026 0

A Story of Friendship, Growth, and the Love of Pianos.

The Last Voice Message from Abuela

The Last Voice Message from Abuela

March 20, 2026 0

A quiet, haunting story about a woman who keeps receiving voicemails from her deceased grandmother – messages that evolve with time.

The Gardener

The Gardener

March 20, 2026 0

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

The Bel Air inside the Bog

December 20, 2025 0

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

The Last Caller

December 20, 2025 0

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

Old Man at the Cafe

December 20, 2025 1

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

El Salvador

December 20, 2025 1

When Bobby was twenty-one and newly arrived in America, he met a girl from El Salvador.

Mind Shaft

Mind Shaft

September 20, 2025 0

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

Ababeel

September 20, 2025 0

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

More Bullfrog Than Prophet

September 20, 2025 0

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

The Rising

September 20, 2025 0

A little story about a couple of pals.

The Line in the Lake

The Line in the Lake

June 20, 2025 0

Two strangers find themselves on opposite sides of an invisible line which unexpectedly guides them to a fortuitous future reunion.

The Marionettist

The Marionettist

June 20, 2025 0

When playing with dolls gets serious.

Deja Vieux

Deja Vieux

June 20, 2025 0

Martin rescues his mother from her fake armed robberies of bars, while facing down his delusions of huge black crows with metallic talons.

Bootsy

Bootsy

June 20, 2025 0

Bootsy is about a whimsical cat who can predict the future, often with disturbing conclusions. Based on true events.

Poetry
11:04pm

11:04pm

March 20, 2026 0

Inspired by Appalachian desolation.

Homonyms

Homonyms

March 20, 2026 0

A tongue-in-cheek description of the use of homonyms in the English language.

Clear Pond Water

Clear Pond Water

March 20, 2026 0

Pond water is clear
this year. A wavery…

The Journey to Where?

The Journey to Where?

March 20, 2026 0

This is a poem about real life.

Ineffable

Ineffable

March 20, 2026 0

I learned over half a century ago that there is metaphysical aspect to what we call “life,” and its awareness comes at unpredictable moments.

On Taking Back What Was Never Sold

On Taking Back What Was Never Sold

March 20, 2026 0

Amplifying work that challenges inherited structures with precision rather than spectacle.

The Visit

The Visit

March 20, 2026 0

A poem that imagines God appearing at the front door using changing pronouns but altogether non-binary. What do we do now?

No Rain

No Rain

March 20, 2026 0

Free verse poem about the weather (climate change).

Old apple tree

Old apple tree

December 20, 2025 0

There is an apple tree
At the bottom of the garden

Words and Swords

Words and Swords

December 20, 2025 1

The battle between words and swords. The infinite power of words pitched against force and violence.

The Cows and the Mud

The Cows and the Mud

December 20, 2025 0

Heavy rain overnight
but the mud doesn’t bother the cows.

Blocking On Words

Blocking On Words

December 20, 2025 0

A tongue-in-cheek description of a common malady

It’s Bizarre

It’s Bizarre

December 20, 2025 0

In memory of Mike Brogden, Professor of Criminology in Liverpool and Belfast, amongst other things.

Reunion Dues

Reunion Dues

December 20, 2025 0

I realized that many people we grew up with or near were never friends. They were just background extras in the journey to adulthood.

winter on mars

winter on mars

December 20, 2025 0

a collection of things easier than communicating

All Ana

All Ana

December 20, 2025 0

Delves into the world of an individual living with schizophrenia, challenging the societal stigma that frames their perception as a curse.