The progression of writing; Day 1

Every professional has a warm up. A way to increase blood flow, find inspiration, or draw forth courage. For me this first day includes sipping coffee, gone cold in the brisk morning air. Still I savor the tastes of sweet, bitter, burn, and cream. Brown droplets begin to cake the lip of my disposable cup […]

The Fish & The Dove

Last April my sister married her best friend. College sweet-hearts, they quickly established names for each other. He would call her dove and she would call him fish. As a gift for their wedding I wrote and illustrated a children’s book for them. A simple story, I fell in love with the geometric shape of the […]

A Happy Dog

There was a dog lost on the beach today. It acted like a child at first, playing and dancing in the waves that washed up to shore. It was a happy dog. Then it seemed to be searching, to be looking for something important. It walked around the legs of the locals, drinking early morning […]

The Eternal Beginning

I have an obsession with opening lines. A love for lists of supplies needed on the upcoming journey. Words of encouragement set to a score that leaves chills rushing across my spine. I yearn for a eternal beginning. I have remarked to whoever has chosen to read my thoughts and prose previously about setting a standard […]

The Procession

14th Week of the Harvest, in the Third year of the Setting Sun. I was nervous, scanning the cobbled street in front of us. There was too much to look at and I could do nothing to slow my racing heart. Instinct had taught me to survey every face that I could; to make out […]

746,948,862

I have given the world a 746,948,862 second head start. I have reached a focal point in my life that will define the outcome of who I am. In terms of a my dreams and aspirations, the world has been given 746, 948,862 seconds to make use of them. From this moment forward, I am […]

Preview of “The Procession”

This is the beginning of a short story that I am currently working on. I will try to complete one at least once a week. They will all be inspired by the incredible art that I have discovered online. Please visit the artist’s page if you enjoy their piece, and comment on the story […]

Friendship

Since I could remember I enjoyed the companionship of friends. They served to make my childhood filled with happiness and joy, yet the most powerful memories of friendship that I can still bear are colored in deeper emotion. Feelings of heart ship and even heart break. When I was in 2nd grade I was friends […]

The Return

Once more I find myself here, a place familiar yet utterly foreign. I find that my mind has taken on a the symptoms of insanity in which I expect to see a new horizon even though I have yet to move. Looking around all I see is a chaotic set of footprints, unsure what direction […]

The Gap

A period of time has gone by since I last thought of returning here to write. I almost wish there could be some digital simulation of dust being cleared as I struggle to remember my password and read over the only other post I have ever written on this site. And yet this place beckons […]