Imagine Deciding A Democrat Is The Worst Someone Can Be
Seen recently on social media and felt to my core: “If my political party suddenly attracted racists, Nazis, and bigots, I would be checking my values.” Here’s the thing. I see this as an issue within entire religious sects, and within far too many church congregations. Both in attracting racist bigots, and clergy actively espousing […]
Defending Democracy Means Not Fucking With Free Speech and Assembly Rights
What’s happening right now in our nation is unspeakably horrific and definitely diminishes the spirit and the will to speak out for fear of backlash, including the very real potential for violence from those who are supposed to protect. All the more reason that, due to a disheartening local situation in which those supposedly advocating […]
Dad Is Now Golfing Across the Galaxy
Today is an official day in our nation for honoring a great man, Martin Luther King, Jr., but because of the personal loss of my father last week, this post will instead celebrate another great man, Leslie William Wright, Jr. Yesterday I drafted Dad’s obituary; today I can focus on the fun and even the […]
Evil Killed Good: Silence Condones Violence
Yesterday I showed up with handmade signs to protest an unspeakably horrific act of violence by fascist thugs known as ICE, which could easily stand for Inconceivably Contemptible Evil or Imbecilic Cretinous Egomaniacs running amok. In awful reality, the pointblank murder of Renee Good in Minneapolis is merely one of many senseless tyrannical tragedies occurring […]
UK Critters Help Us Grapple with the Inhumane
In 2017, I began writing my first novel, Alienable Rights, addressing unsavory aspects of humanity on full display when the news breaks about extraterrestrial aliens among us. It helped me to process a particularly difficult personal life during a time that both decimated my faith in humankind and seemingly destroyed my sense of humor. Nine […]
Bah Humbug Bummer: A Phony But Insightful Book Publicist
On December 19 I received an email with the subject heading, “Increase your book sales and visibilities globally online.” Immediate clues that this was a scam were the unsolicited subject matter itself, as well as the bizarre sender: Michaelcreativity.book@gmail. I, of course, did not take the bot-likely bait and have not replied. After all, who […]
Winter Solstice Symmetry With Cathartic Writing
Today, December 21, is the Winter Solstice, marking the shortest day of the year, after which the days gradually begin to get longer again. As the sun reaches its lowest point in the sky, our planet Earth invites us inward. Hence, it I said that the Winter Solstice teaches us to embrace patience, renewal, and […]
Pondering a Plethora of Spectacular and Sometimes Puzzling Petroglyphs
On Friday I finally made it out to the Three Rivers Petroglyphs, a historic landmark just twenty miles down the highway from me, and an enchanting spot fondly remembered from twenty years ago when I visited this area known as the Tularosa Basin of southern New Mexico. Because, if you didn’t already know, I’m a […]
No Room at the Inn for Modern-Day Scrooges
I’m trying to decorate this weekend and get into some Yuletide cheer, but I’m struggling like so many Americans who actually have a heart and care about basic human decency. Unlike those who cheer on the pain and indignity incurred by others—and those who are the cause of such inhumane atrocities. Within 48 hours of […]
Writing High and Low: Smashing Subjective Takes on Fantasy Genre
Needing a break from reading horrific news and wasted hours attempting to get my laptop to recognize my printer and wanting to smash both, I read a Writer’s Digest online article, “The Appeal of Genre Smashing for Readers and Writers,” and unfortunately it also made me want to smash something. Well, perhaps my reaction wasn’t […]