Monthly Archives: April 2015

I’m Creative!–No, Really

Posted on April 30, 2015 by

Author Erika Kind has good feelings about me.  Please don’t blame her for this lapse in judgment–she and I only recently started following one another’s blogs and she doesn’t know the real me yet.  In fact, she thinks so well … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 53

Posted on April 29, 2015 by

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Thirteen: Domestic Blitz Previously: Zack and Gina returned home, wounded and bruised, having promised to send the mysterious Objects (currently in Zack’s room) back to … Continue reading →

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My First Feature Film

Posted on April 28, 2015 by

Originally posted on Mitch Teemley:
Under the Gipper.  I was doing an internship on one of the top floors of the building they blew up in Diehard (only Ronald Reagan’s office was above us).  Anxious to find a movie project,…

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The Wishing Map 52

Posted on April 25, 2015 by

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Twelve: Prophecies and Promises (Continued) Previously: Gina and Zack began to realize that the immense bird Aviar considered their arrival in Ismara the fulfillment of an … Continue reading →

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Damnedelions

Posted on April 24, 2015 by

(Time-lapse video below) It’s spring. Start your mowers. Thanks to those croquet-mad Victorians and a voracious lawn care industry, millions slavishly strive to maintain yards full of thick virginal grass–and nothing else! Good luck with that. I’m no purist. I … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 51

Posted on April 22, 2015 by

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Twelve: Prophecies and Promises Previously: Thanks to her brother Zack, Gina was rescued from the hands of a ruthless pixie princess and two immense black … Continue reading →

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Mom, I Always Knew You Loved Me

Posted on April 20, 2015 by

See video below. Mom was 20 when I was born—twenty times as old as me. But when I turned 10, I suddenly realized that she was now only three times as old as me. And when I reached 20 she would … Continue reading →

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