Category: Writing

Digging for Creativity Digging through the remnants of a fire thought long dead, only to find a single ember still glowing underneath a mountain of ash....

All my years of doing jigsaw puzzles had led me to this moment. It’s too bad trees grow so slow You’re going to think I’m crazy, but I need to tell you the story of when I died. A waitress at an airport bar carefully scrutinizes everyone’s ID  she...

“What was it about the rice?” you say. “Ah yes,” I reply, “the rice was what made me realize this entire situation.” “The situation?” You have been traveling yourself, and haven’t had time to inspect the surroundings.  But you have seen your fair share of hotels, and from what...

Upon opening the shower curtain I saw it.  At first I assumed it was a piece of lint, or perhaps a torn bit of cloth from a towel.  But when it began to move towards me I realized my mistake.  Aha!  It is A Dot!  It was too far away from me...

I don’t know why I remember him but I do. I first noticed him in the produce aisle. There was something about the way he pushed his cart – perhaps slightly unsure of himself. He was old, the kind where you can see all the veins in his wrist,...

Introduction This is the journal from my experience on the Betty Ann sailboat during a delivery from Annapolis, Maryland to Point Judith, Rhode Island.  This would be my first of many trips aboard this fine vessel.  I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did living (and...

A man and his boat row to new shores....

A recent conversation at a coffee shop caused me to start thinking about religion, specifically mine. I’ve never been an ultra religious person, but sometimes you can’t avoid being asked the question. I ended up writing the text below at around 3 in the morning in order to answer...