Creative Non-Fiction
The Parable of the
Hangers: Author Amok (April 1, 2015)
Some legacies are too weird to explain. You just do them.read it here...
Apples for the Teacher: Ducts 30 (Summer 2013)
I pictured her force-feeding me mushy, rotten apples after school...read it here...
Pink Flamingoes: Ducts 26 (Winter 2011)
Faster than a seagull diving for a potato chip...read more...
The Day They Buried JFK: Bay Weekly (Nov. 19, 2009)
The camera focused on a little boy about my age. The announcer said it was his birthday, too, but he didn't look like he was having much fun. Standing in that suit with his bare legs on a chilly day, saluting a horse...read more...
Forty Earth Days: Bay Weekly (April 16, 2009)
Since this was the first annual Earth Day, I guessed that meant there'd be another next year, though I wondered if that would be necessary, since we were going to clean up the planet in one day...read more...
The Christmas Stove: Bay Weekly (Dec. 18, 2008)
Mandy, the Amana radar range, sat idle, banished to the garage of my new home. She needed a family that would appreciate her functional utility as much as her metaphoric cheer...read more...
The Lesson of Mother Duck: Bay Weekly (May 8, 2008)
Motherhood is relentless hard work, and no matter the outcome no one should be made to feel like a success or a failure because of her kids, especially on Mother’s Day, because there are times when we will all feel like one or the other...read more...
Pickerel Lost and Found: Bay Weekly (May 24, 2007)
The lanky sailor in his Cracker Jack uniform with a large duffel bag by his side caught Bill's eye. They smiled and waved, the sailor boarded the bus - and that was the last any one from home ever saw of Paul Cynewski. He was 22 years old...read more...
Some legacies are too weird to explain. You just do them.read it here...
Apples for the Teacher: Ducts 30 (Summer 2013)
I pictured her force-feeding me mushy, rotten apples after school...read it here...
Pink Flamingoes: Ducts 26 (Winter 2011)
Faster than a seagull diving for a potato chip...read more...
The Day They Buried JFK: Bay Weekly (Nov. 19, 2009)
The camera focused on a little boy about my age. The announcer said it was his birthday, too, but he didn't look like he was having much fun. Standing in that suit with his bare legs on a chilly day, saluting a horse...read more...
Forty Earth Days: Bay Weekly (April 16, 2009)
Since this was the first annual Earth Day, I guessed that meant there'd be another next year, though I wondered if that would be necessary, since we were going to clean up the planet in one day...read more...
The Christmas Stove: Bay Weekly (Dec. 18, 2008)
Mandy, the Amana radar range, sat idle, banished to the garage of my new home. She needed a family that would appreciate her functional utility as much as her metaphoric cheer...read more...
The Lesson of Mother Duck: Bay Weekly (May 8, 2008)
Motherhood is relentless hard work, and no matter the outcome no one should be made to feel like a success or a failure because of her kids, especially on Mother’s Day, because there are times when we will all feel like one or the other...read more...
Pickerel Lost and Found: Bay Weekly (May 24, 2007)
The lanky sailor in his Cracker Jack uniform with a large duffel bag by his side caught Bill's eye. They smiled and waved, the sailor boarded the bus - and that was the last any one from home ever saw of Paul Cynewski. He was 22 years old...read more...