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Autumn Colors and Other Miracles

When it rains here in Autumn, the bleary dreariness of the sky has a fascinating, complicated relationship with the tree leaves. It is simultaneously true that the blue-gray of the…

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    Autumn Colors and Other Miracles

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    When it rains here in Autumn, the bleary dreariness of the sky has a fascinating, complicated relationship with the tree leaves. It is simultaneously true that the blue-gray of the…

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  • What Is There To Say?

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    I admit to ostriching a bit for the last few months. I admit that it took almost three months to come back around to finding a voice and becoming slightly…

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  • Love (and Poetry) in the Time of Covid

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    I live in North Carolina, where a state-wide shelter-in-place order for the month of April started yesterday. (Can we talk about that phrase, by the way? Every time someone uses…

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  • Notes from an Asthmatic with Anxiety during a Coronavirus Outbreak

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    My sweetie, she doesn’t always get my sense of humor. Or she does, but judges it at times either worthy of a groan or the evil eye. Lately, it’s been…

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  • How to Spatchcock a Turkey

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    Step One: Argue with your wife about how this was her idea in the first place and you are absolutely not going to agree to Spatchcock the turkey on Thanksgiving’s…

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  • Picasso, Genius, and Other Misconceptions

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    There’s a new show on Hulu called Genius. The first season followed Einstein’s life, and the second is following Picasso’s, following a format where each episode switches back and forth…

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  • Zebras, Nails and Other Overcomplications

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    My sweetie said something to me recently. “When you see a four legged animal, see a horse, not a zebra.” And, if this were in regards to art, or imagination,…

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  • Poetics Online and Indulging One’s Passions

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    By trade, I am a web developer and graphic designer, in addition to an illustrator. But my first love, now and always, is poetry and writing. And because of my…

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  • Spilt Milk Blues

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    I wrote this a few years ago (ok, more than a few…), and came across it recently, and it made me laugh out loud (which my work usually does not…

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  • Unplugging

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My name is Johnny. I draw things, write things, dote on my wife, chase after my dogs, and drink way, way too much coffee. And then I come here and I talk about it.

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