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"Above Tower Falls, Yellowstone" by Thomas Moran After going back to graduate school in 2017 for an MFA, I made a concerted effort...

Soon comes the day when some well-meaning person asks the inevitable question of any writer: Why? It’s happened to me quite a few times, in...

Harlech Castle, North Wales by Thomas Moran A few months ago, I teased the idea of a new series here on the blog. I'm not talking about ...

It feels like a toddler mangling pronunciations and jumping over sticks.  It feels like an ending of a relationship.  It feels like seeds ge...

Hello blogland! Honestly, it has been way too long. I wish I had some really convincing reasons for being absent, but alas, I do not. I let ...

Thursday This weekend was rough. Actually, I don't think "rough" is an adequate description. I lost someone very dear to me, ...

Dear Blog Friends, The time has come, once again, for me to defend a large body of words in front of a committee of my choosing. The dee...