The Art of Storytelling

Image: An overfilled coffee mug Friday night I did a reading from The Devil's Interval at a local Fall Coffee House. It was a safe...

Image: Mummified baby snake corpse. Ever since I mentioned it in last week's post, everyone has been clamoring to see the snake photo. It...

Image: An AI generated image created for this post. Otherwise, it would have been a picture of a dead baby snake which...

Image: Fall Leaves in my back yard, October 22, 2024 In the last month, I have experienced a number of milestone events. Our fourth...

Image: Poppy searching for her favorite toy. Poppy is a four-and-a-half-year-old Boston Terrier. She was the runt of her litter and is...

Image: Deer cavorting as gracefully as dancers on a gravel in my backyard This is not a nature blog, but I post frequently about the...

Image: A view of Lake Lure from Chimney Rock State Park in North Carolina Last week I mentioned the terrible news out of Chimney Rock, NC...

Image - Red, September 26, 2024 A faithful companion is gone. Red was at least 16 years old, having spent the last ten years in my...

Image: A rose from our garden. Just about everyone knows the line "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," from Romeo and Juliet....

Image: I have no idea. I asked AI for an image based on 110. Tomorrow is Grandparents Day in Hallmark world. I've always disdained made...

Image: Cover photo of Love: A novel of grief and desire I promised last week that I would have exciting news to share about Love. Well,...

Image: Not my hands, not my typewriter. I've spent this summer working towards a new project. For me, that means jumping back and forth...

Image: The nearly full moon rising over pink clouds, August 16, 2024 Some days it feels like everyone is striving to become something...

Image: Melissa Etheridge in concert, August 3, 2024 Last week, Denise I and saw Melissa Etheridge and Jewel in concert at the Rose Music...

Image: Can you see the number in this image? Neither can I! I started wearing glasses when I was six. I was severely near-sighted, with...

Image: Two alleged ghosts (or folks wearing drapes on their heads.) One of the great joys of summer, in my childhood, was the opportunity...

Image: A swarm of honeybees rest in a tree Thursday evening, when I pulled into my driveway, I saw what looked like a laptop computer...

Image: Stock photo of police cruisers Last week I wrote about being an adult child of an alcoholic, from generations of alcoholics, and...

Image: a bear I am an adult child of an alcoholic. In fact, I come from generations of alcoholics. My father broke that cycle when he...

Image: The night sky over my backyard on May 10, 2024 Last night, the Northern Lights were visible over central Ohio and the view was...