Writing, Photography, Illustration
So, What Do You Do?
It’s one of the first things we ask when we meet someone new after exchanging names. Even if we don’t feel that our career defines us, if we reject that box because we resent it or we don’t like what it might say about our choices, we are defined by it socially. It’s what we’ll…
Savage Fat and Iceberg Lettuce
In April of 2022, I got a call from my sister, Caitlin, telling me that our father had been in a car accident. He’d been taken to VCU’s Critical Care building with a head injury. I spent the day on the phone with my siblings and mother, twiddling my thumbs and waiting for news. That’s…
There Is No Try
PART TWO Early on in our relationship, Edwin and I went with a group of friends to the Adirondack Mountains for eight days to camp, hike, and backpack. But mostly, we went to hit up Trap Dike: a bushwhack, rock scramble, and rock climb combo. The Trap Dike, Photograper: Carl Heilman Preparation had been a…
There Is No Try
PART ONE I grew up, as so many people did, watching and reading about training montages. The Empire Strikes Back, Taran Wanderer, The Karate Kid, The Hobbit, Sabrina (not the witch, though that probably applies), Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken, Cool Runnings, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, etc. (most of which I was not allowed to…
The Pumpkin King
“The Pumpkin King” Pen and Ink, Isilee’s Markers 18″x24″ Done in a 800-1000 AD Scandinavian funeral style, each of the four major stave points representing a season. I’m about to annoy a lot of people, to be a killjoy and perhaps to read too much into something that was only ever meant to be entertaining.…
Bog Bodies
This is an excerpt from a book I have begun working on, a sort of travel adventure and self-help combo. Last Autumn, Edwin and I journeyed to Ireland with two friends, Dan and Alex. Oddly enough, the onslaught of Covid created a perfect travel experience for us. Well, perfect once you got past the actual…
The Early Bird
Every now and then, I pull a prompt from a compiled list of English idioms, and I’m sure there will be a smattering of them on this site. I find the combination of language, its history, and a personal interpretation very satisfying. “The Early Bird” encapsulates much of my life as a single parent, though…
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