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My latest poetry collection ‘A Declaration of Our Rippling Days’ is now available for purchase on Amazon in paperback and eBook formats! This was a very heartfelt collection to compile together over the last two years and I find the relevance of it to be more important now then when I originally started writing it. We all need someone. We need family and friends and that one special person who…

Meet Bertrand. Meet Sylvia. Meet Opie. Meet Thomas. Meet Meena. Meet Colin. Meet Ellie. Meet Tylfuuooh. Meet Travis. Meet Willow. Meet Isla. Meet Dom. Meet Felicity. Meet Lynona. Meet Alistair. My new short story collection “Found Friends and Questionable Newcomers” introduces the reader to all sorts of quirky, eccentric personalities. This was an incredibly fun piece for me to…

“Today’s goals: Coffee and kindness. Maybe two coffees, and then kindness.” – Nanea Hoffman Everyday goals to keep the peace and keep the morning coffee roasting steadily. (Photo taken by me.)

One of the greatest things about our world is the interactions and introductions we pursue with other people. Sometimes it’s not even just the people we speak with, but inanimate objects, animals, and cloud-billowing internal thoughts as well. For example, this morning I dragged myself out of bed at 4:45am to get an early jump on the day. As I wearily made my way into the kitchen and made a fresh…

(From my poetry collection Itty Bits vol. 1) (Available on Amazon) (Photo taken by me.)

From my poetry collection ‘The 64-Bit Build’ Available on Amazon (Photo taken by me.)

(Available for download on Amazon) (Photo taken by me.)

She was dressed in pink as the sun started to creep up over the mountain line. Our tiny hamlet basked in solitude, as did we, but on this particular morning I felt as if there were an audience. Jagged boulders certainly had a way of expressing their emotions too. We walked out onto the settee hand in hand and sat down together on the swinging bench. Quiet as I’ll ever say, the surroundings…

Today will be different. Today I’ll drink my coffee and get up and go. I’ll push away any anxieties and concerns and let them sit quietly in the corner until they’re ready to be amicable. But stay realistic. Shit’s a little crazy right now. Stay grounded, but focus on you and those close to you. Keep the electric synapses burning strong, burning bright, with all of your creative confidantes…

Stacking moving boxes isn’t so much different from what’s required to build an architectural monolith. Both allow storage space and are meant to be stacked upwards into the above ground higher up layers. Sure, I can stack, and stack, and stack, mark boxes, label, and tape closed, but I’m no engineer and have no idea how to erect a beautiful piece of structural eye candy. Nature by design,…

Our days roll onward like an oceanic tide, mirroring the ever-moving human element that defines precisely who we are. During the more trying moments, we feel as if we’re surging out to sea without a floatation device. When grandeur and enlightenment take a prominent position within our worlds, we drift back towards the shore and find relief in the wavering sands. A Declaration of Our Rippling…

She’s Sandy and Her Name is Starfish

You said that we were all just grains of sand. Bits of beach dust that make up a much larger landscape. I’ve found it easier to get a read on a person who associates herself and her actions with the ways of the sea. Before you, I only knew city blocks and fire hydrants. Stores on every corner and outside strangers that yelled about nothing deep into the night. It’s hard to remember what life…

Meet Bertrand. Meet Sylvia. Meet Opie. Meet Thomas. Meet Meena. Meet Colin. Meet Ellie. Meet Tylfuuooh. Meet Travis. Meet Willow. Meet Isla. Meet Dom. Meet Felicity. Meet Lynona. Meet Alistair. My upcoming short story collection “Found Friends and Questionable Newcomers” will introduce the reader to all sorts of quirky, eccentric personalities. This was an incredibly fun piece to…

Drink coffee. Wonder more. Drink tea. Pretend you’re on an old timey schooner ship that’s heading out to sea. Drink water. Does the body good. Lots of good. Back to coffee though. I could really use another cup. Drip, drip, glug, slug, mmm, yum. Ah, yes. Perfection. I’m like a beep-booping robot that was just given more oil and a full battery charge. The morning may now…

I think most authors have one or two works of their own where they frequent reading the book long after it’s finished, almost as if they were the intended audience. In the case of me, that book is The 64-Bit Build. It’s a collection of flash micro poetry that’s meant to be both fleeting and deeper than a sunken oceanic trench, in a single whirring swoop. I hadn’t intended the manuscript to rock…

What’s in store for your personal growth in 2021? A new year means new resolutions and commitments, but that also holds true with each new day. I always love seeing passionate writers and artists flourish with a reformed mindset. New Year’s is basically just a gut check that reminds us to keep at it with each new calendar year. How’s your gut feeling now that we’re a few days into 2021? (Photo…

We’re just waiting on the sun to rise. It’s been known to happen from time to time, in various aspects and tangents, the appearance/disappearance/resurgence, but a new year brings new hope and we all can’t wait to see that glimmering orange glow appear once more along the horizon. (Photo and poem by me.)