Mar 17 The Sound of Grace: Erik Satie and Gymnopédie No. 1 Perhaps you feel as I do about Gymnopédie No. 1, regarding it as a melody of the mind possessed of Mar 17, 2024 3 min read
Feb 28 To Capture Perception: On the Experience of Immersive Studies Teach your writing students to feel the visceral aspects of life, to trace their subjects with powerful word images, and Feb 28, 2024 4 min read
Feb 21 Tracing the Image of Eve: A Homeless Woman in San Diego The Voice of Leaves On a very strange occasion, a woman screamed with considerable power, her voice tearing through the Feb 21, 2024 4 min read
Feb 08 Updates Greetings and many thanks to you for sharing your coffee time with me, enjoying the latest essays and collages. I Feb 8, 2024 1 min read
Feb 07 An Occasional Absence: On the Poignance of Photographs As a stationary expression of time, a photograph suggests the arrival of memories, not necessarily of the prosaic kind but Feb 7, 2024 3 min read
Jan 25 A Cardinal in the Superstitions: Reflections on Nature and History I had never before seen the crested head of the Cardinal in its glory—at least, not in person. Though Jan 25, 2024 3 min read
Jan 25 Picture the Story: Writing Workshop Materials For those who enjoy creative writing exercises, I have included a link to one of my workshop packages. I designed Jan 25, 2024 1 min read
Jan 17 Insidious Persuasion: Regarding Three Photos of the Reverend Jim Jones On November 18, 1978, nearly all 900 members of the Peoples Temple in Guyana, a "church" founded by Jan 17, 2024 6 min read
Dec 31 Quartzsite Digressions: A Photo Essay A sense of dignity as well as desolation pervades this town, blue skies punctuating fallen buildings and the strange ironies Dec 31, 2023 1 min read
Dec 31 The Winter Passage: Quartzsite, Arizona One evening, in the comforting presence of autumn, I stepped out of my motorhome to appreciate the hour, as shades Dec 31, 2023 6 min read