I always get stressed at the thought of having to hang a picture on a wall, and so I decided to channel that in a story. It’s like my brain explodes with all the things that could go wrong. Do I have the right hanging fixtures? What if it’s crooked? Have I accounted for the tensile strength of the string? What if I don’t like it there?
Read MoreI’m back in Broken Hearts Gallery Literary with another 50 word piece called “Repeat”. The theme this month was music. Back in the 90’s, I felt like CD’s were what kept me going. Music brought friends together, in the car, at parties, and at concerts. Scratches were the devil and the repeat button was a godsend.
Read MoreBroken Hearts Gallery Literary is a brand new lit mag in the Instagram space and I was lucky enough to have a tiny poem selected for its “grand opening”.
Read MoreSoooo…I was digging through the blog posts and realized that this was stuck in the Drafts for way longer than it should’ve been. This was my first story and publication of 2025, and is actually the first story in an unpublished series that I will eventually find a home for.
Read MoreWell, that’s a wrap! The final short poetry film for 2024 has arrived. A 10 hour drive home from Vancouver along a highway road in the mountains. Time was starting to drag until I began to take pictures of the headlights and taillights. This turned into a full-fledged filming session which made the last hour whip by.
Read MoreHow many stories can one image tell? Find out with me and three other wonderful writers.
So happy to be back working with the lovely Karen Pierce Gonzalez of FolkHeart Press, this time in Ekphrastic Folk Art, Season 2.
Read MoreI think all cultures have some sort of soup - bits of ingredients boiled and simmered down into something warm and nourishing, each bowl, a reminder of history and tradition. I did not grow up with fish soup, so having it now is a new experience in my adult life. And eating it is something I find particularly challenging. So, I decided to write about it.
Read MoreLiterary Namjooning is a new lit mag on the horizon focussing on pieces related to self-care and appreciating the gentler things in life, a theme which fits my writing style well. I’m very thrilled to be a part of their very first issue along with some very familiar names.
Read MoreThose who've followed my short poetry film journey know that it all began with a little series called "Compostable Morsels". This poem, "blackberries", was written long after the series was released.
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