The Phoenix Desertsong

I find myself at a loss as to what to write about any more. The current state of affairs in our world has become too bleak to mention. Too many folks are clearly without hope, and I have no idea what I can say to bring them any joy anymore. I find myself burying my […]

Whether expressed through words or pictures, artistry thrives, no matter what the medium. Like other forms of art, writing can never quite be perfect. But, this doesn’t mean it can’t be a work of beauty in its own right. Everyone has their own personal style to everything they do – whether you’re speaking aloud or […]

Every day is a new day. That may sound cliche, but it’s true. Each day we wake, there’s a chance for something new. But for me, every day, I feel like whatever I’m trying to do is in constant flux. Most of the time, I know what I want to get done. But, rarely do […]

Whenever I return to the prospect of revisiting my earlier fictional works, I ask myself if that’s necessary or even wise. So much of my fiction is based on interstellar conflicts and I realize now that we don’t need any more of those types of stories. The more relevant stories are closer to home and […]

One newsletter I once read talked about “sliding door moments.” (That newsletter now requires a paid subscription to read, so I’ve killed any reference to the original link.) This a reference to a 1998 movie with a young, gorgeous Gwyneth Paltrow called Sliding Doors. In that film, Paltrow’s character has two divergent encounters with a […]

What does Emily Dickinson mean when she writes, “the brain is wider than the sky”? Emily Dickinson’s Poem #632 seems to revolve around the human mind as its theme. The first stanza, after which the poem is commonly titled, is what instantly drew my eyes to this poem. “The Brain – is wider than the […]

I wrote these few thoughts about the portrayal of exploring the atom in a work of legendary Russian-American physicist George Gamow’s that I came across in high school (2003 or 2004). They are pretty high level observations for the time… “On George Gamow’s Clever Way of Presenting the Atom” While personally I knew of the […]

Digging through my writing archives, I came across this little piece that was left not dated. I’m assuming it was written sometime during my junior year of high school (2003) because it’s in the “journal” format we had for homework. Ordinarily, these would be fairly trite, but I want to preserve this one in particular. […]

I’ve spent the past several weeks trying to figure out where I’m going with my writing. I’ve wiped the slate clean a few times over the past couple of years in regards to my online posting. I finally have come to the conclusion that I need to simply be more forthcoming and raw with my […]