The endings and the beginnings

Not that long ago I encountered a magazine -or perhaps it was a contest - which asked entrants to make sure they'd put a "30" at the end of their story, so their readers could be sure where the story ended. I was delighted that this journalistic tradition continues, and was very happy to comply. … Continue reading The endings and the beginnings →

Random scribbles for Canada Day

Yes, it's Canada Day again. No, I'm not doing anything particularly special. The neat thing about living in a tourist destination is that you don't have to do the tourist things on tourist days - you can just wait for the crowd to leave and do them later. Yes, there are days that I have … Continue reading Random scribbles for Canada Day →

“Precious Day” in Allegory

Don't know what's going on in my town but I'm hearing a lot of sirens this morning. A page from the Lindisfarne Gospels - 8th century art I wrote another story which began as a poem not that long ago, and rather quickly, it has been picked up and is now available for all to … Continue reading “Precious Day” in Allegory →

Red Eyes and Tired Lungs – An Anthology of Wild Fire – Update

A photograph of a hardcover book edition of "Red Eyes and Tired Lungs - an anthology of wildfire"- edited by Asha Jade Goodwin against a background of lawn grass and a small saskatoon berry bush in bloom. Also I think I see some comfrey plant in there too. It was a bit of a chilly … Continue reading Red Eyes and Tired Lungs – An Anthology of Wild Fire – Update →

I made a mini-zine

I'm going through one of my periodic partial withdrawals from "extra" internet activity, such as blogging, as you may have guessed was likely from my last post. Today, I made a tiny 'zine, which was sort of fun. I might make more. This "first issue" has a print run of 10 copies. It mostly consists … Continue reading I made a mini-zine →