Love, Loss, and Remembering

I drew and painted a lot of whitetail deer art during the 1980s. Even when I became a college art student, much to the vexation of one of my professors who was stuck in Abstract Expressionism Art mode. I loved watching deer outside my windows, and I became a student of capturing every aspect of … Continue reading Love, Loss, and Remembering

Dark Night of the Soul

After a death in my family earlier this month, I took some time away from writing, making art, and blogging. I needed time away to get back in touch with the world outside the bubble I’d created for myself. Despite the sad occasion, it was a joy to see and visit with family who live … Continue reading Dark Night of the Soul

Fantasy Short Story About Seeing Ghosts: Different Perspectives

Happy Halloween! This is a reprint of an eerie short story I call “Different Perspectives.” * * * The coffeehouse window Larry sat beside reminded him of sitting in his car at the car wash. Except, this wasn’t Get Wet Express. This was another rainy day in Ridgewood, at Mabel’s, on Monday, around eight-thirty in … Continue reading Fantasy Short Story About Seeing Ghosts: Different Perspectives

Back On Track

Sometime at the end of October and the first of November of last year, Microsoft made a major automatic update to their Windows 11 program that crippled my two-year-old laptop and left it limping into December and the first couple weeks of January until it crashed and died. That left me with my phone to … Continue reading Back On Track

Macroscopic Death, Poem 2023-0703

Tomorrow is our annual celebration of Independence Day in the USA. Independence means many things to all of us, and for many of us it means freedom. When I was in the Navy, my commanders and drill instructors taught me how to fight for freedom by defending the country I was born in. They taught … Continue reading Macroscopic Death, Poem 2023-0703

In Memory of My Mom, Poem 2023-0608

My mom died 18 years ago on Wednesday, June 8, after complications from surgery. She was 66. When she died, I wrote the following poem for her funeral. In Memory of My Mom In this lamentful family moment When heads of the living are slumped forward, Tears flowing, Tongues completing tender prayers — our final … Continue reading In Memory of My Mom, Poem 2023-0608

Ghost Love, Again

Today, I’m presenting another edited repost from my old blog Vree Erickson. This one has a story about Vree for your reading pleasure. This is the first story I wrote that featured Vree as the leading main character, which I penned when I was fourteen. I changed the story years later to feature my Dave … Continue reading Ghost Love, Again