So, I didn't win or get into the top ten finalists for the Really Arty Flight of the Conchords poster contest but at least I took part, had a laugh, and really enjoyed the other entries.  I'm always surprised by the choices judges make.  Art contests are so subjective.  It really come...

"Mommy, look at the WITCH!"   It's every mother's worry that their little angelic child will blurt out something about a stranger in public.  The kid can't help it.  They see someone unusual or funny or different and they gotta belt out a reaction.  I find this precious.  Th...

1. I have been homeless four times in my lifetime (and we're not talking about the kind of college student couch-surfing kind of homelessness, this is sleeping on the street under bridges kind) over the past ten years. Let me break down my homeless history: a) March 1998 to May 1998: Stayed at Salva...

I was diagnosed diabetic last Friday.   It is early on set and, with proper diet balancing, habit changing, and *gulp!* weight loss, I should be able to beat this. The hospital visit I made last Thursday saved my life.  It is a good thing that I listened to what my body was telling me...

Here is my vision of the Tarasque of Provence, the six-legged dragon: His sensitive face is crowned by a red glowing mane of hair. His eyes shine an impossible pearlescent silver reflecting all who dare approach. He winks a lot. The sunlight makes his eyes, like his mane, seem on fire. His face is h...

I got a check-up today.  At first I really panicked because I've had a persistant pain in my left side, a pain further irritated by depression and stress.  I've been having a hard time really holding my emotions together.  I feel boxed in, lonely, bored, and every negative memory from...

A month ago I finally read Twilight by Stephanie Meyer and I was hooked.  Was it the most intelligently written book I've ever read?  Not really.  But it was like chocolate covered horror romance fantasy and that's something I can easily get addicted to.  Comforting, even.  ...

I've been writing a lot offline lately and have given in to the way-too-cold weather here in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, which means I have been indoors.  Don't get me wrong, I love winter.  I just can't deal with the sub zero conditions we get, makes it hard to breathe and walk (ice is my n...

I know why I have such a strong affinity for Drag Queens and Kings -- I am fascinated with the very idea of people being able to transform, both beautifully and terrifyingly, dramatically into another gender.  Sure there are sexual political reasons why some members of the Gay community choose ...

The Solstice Sunday was powerful and peaceful. Worship was refreshing. I was thankful to feel the old Gods again, to recite words of praise, and then let my entire home be filled with the silence of the snow covering everything outside. I even took a picture of the candle flame in a little copper po...