Category Archives: Creative Writing
Unexpected Journey
This poem won first place in a local poetry contest. I’ve got to admit: it’s kinda nice being a big fish in a small pond. You can hear the performance here. Unexpected Journey Remember when we were the ancients? Combing … Continue reading
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Et tu, Brutus?
It’s been a month since Brutus disappeared. It could have been a cougar. Or a stone hearted rancher with a gun. Knowing Brutus, he hooked up with an eccentric traveller and is now en route to India. Lacking definitive answers, … Continue reading
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Dramatic Ramblings of a Madman
You’ve heard of cabin fever. It’s when a man, from lack of outside stimulus or companionship, begins exhibiting unusual behavior. Symptoms could include restlessness, irritability, paranoia, irrational thinking, laughter. There could be compulsive pacing of one’s yurt, making faces at the … Continue reading
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5 Signs SXSW Has Arrived
1. It took me twice as long to get to work last nightNuff’ said. 2. I almost saw a fight last nightPositioned at my valet booth, I have a unobstructed view through the window of a bar. Listen: Big, ape-like … Continue reading
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Learning to Live Again
It’s been over 2 years since I’ve convened with my notebook in a meaningful way. I had forgot what a powerful tool it is; a place for self-examination, personal therapy, random thoughts, random-er doodles, incubating ideas, creative freedom, and non-judgement. … Continue reading
Flash in a Pan
Improvised Jazz makes you itch. It makes your fingers tap and your limbs spasm. It makes you want to come unglued from your skin and fly around the ceiling. It makes you uncomfortable where you sit. Other times you want … Continue reading
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The Dandelion Thief
As I stolled through my neighborhood this evening, I found a patch of grass with ripe dandelions patiently waiting for the wind. I picked three proud stalks, walked three careful blocks, and blew the the seeds into the air, watching … Continue reading
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Book Review: A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever!
At the SCBWI conference there was a bookstore selling books by authors and illustrators in attendance. Having just won a Caldecott Honor a week prior, a little book called All the World (written by Austinite Liz Garton Scanlon, Illustrated by … Continue reading
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