the builders
I was wakened from a sound sleep by the ungodly grinding of a saw cutting through what sounded like concrete or metal right outside my bedroom wall. The whole place shook, setting the nearby jar candles to skittering. It was immediately clear that…
unmentionables
I’ve always thought it a little strange that we as a culture are conditioned to believe that certain topics are taboo.
Unmentionables, if you will.
I’m not sure who decided what made The List. Perhaps it was the same unmentionable…
emoti-cons
Yusif is a talented writer. He’s completed one novel. He’s several drafts into another novel and has two more in the works.
I know Yusif personally. I’ve read his work. We’ve brainstormed together often.…
we are the world
My new book, TRIED & (Still) TRUE, just launched this past week. It’s been cause for much celebration.
It’s also been cause for a major lack of sleep.
And staying in sweats all day.
And not showering some days (which, if you…
where i’ve been
Well, my poor blog has lain neglected for just over six months.
In the past few years, such an absence would have been sure sign that I'd run afoul of some mysterious and prolonged…
if i can do it today
I was a skinny kid with a big butt.
Just calling it like it is.
By skinny, I mean that I’ve been five-foot-nine since eight grade—haven’t grown an inch—and yet, when I graduated high…