Category Archives: Uncategorized

National Poetry Month, day 13

Not all poetry is about positive things. Poetry can be angry and visceral, as in this poem by Wilfred Owen. Owen is known as one of the great poets to write during World War I, and he was actually killed … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments Off on National Poetry Month, day 13

ROGUE ONE and other thoughts on the state of STAR WARS

So, the first trailer for ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY dropped last week, and…well, it looks good. How good? I won’t hazard a guess, but it does look like a Star Wars movie. Felicity Jones as the heroine looks fine, … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

National Poetry Month, day 12

For being “dead” as poetry is always said to be, I sure have met a lot of poets online. I sure have met a lot of folks who still practice this “dead” art form and who are still invested in … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments Off on National Poetry Month, day 12

National Poetry Month, day ten

I always loved it when Bill Watterson interjected a bit of verse into Calvin and Hobbes, and this one might be my favorite.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments Off on National Poetry Month, day ten

National Poetry Month, day nine

The intersection of music and poetry is a fascinating one. There are song lyrics, which are almost always poetry, and then there’s the way in which poetry and music both can sometimes reflect the world in similar ways. There is … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments Off on National Poetry Month, day nine

Symphony Saturday

A symphony today by an American woman. In the late 19th century, the American musical tradition was pretty much an extension of the European musical tradition, which is generally why American composers of that period aren’t generally held in the … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments Off on Symphony Saturday

National Poetry Month, day eight

A short poem today, short but powerful. One of the band directors at the music camp which featured in yesterday’s post actually wrote a piece for symphonic winds based on this poem, which packs tremendous imagery and emotional power into … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments Off on National Poetry Month, day eight

Nothin’ good comes from a can…. (An experiment involving whipped cream)

Pie-in-the-face weirdness below the break…. OK. So it’s been my experience that the most common form of whipped cream in the US, the stuff in the aeresol can, is great for topping your pumpkin pie or for dipping strawberries or … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Comments Off on Nothin’ good comes from a can…. (An experiment involving whipped cream)

On Character: Groot and Lying Cat

One of the most important traits in any character is their voice: how they speak, what kinds of things they say, what phrases they like to repeat, and so on. In my Forgotten Stars books, Lieutenant Rasharri has a number … Continue reading

Posted in On Character, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Bad Joke Friday

I saw this on Tumblr: Bwwaaaa hahahahaha!!!

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments Off on Bad Joke Friday