Archive - Still Not a Robot

Crossing the Rainbow Bridge

On Losing a Dog

May 16 •

September 2023

Typewriter Talks: Episode 23

A conversation with Maureen McDole of Keep St. Pete Lit!

Sep 28, 2023 •

Friday Footnote: How to Spot a Geisha

If you look at the painting attached to this post, you will see the back of a maiko. I painted this from a photograph that I took during the Gion…

Sep 2, 2023 •

August 2023

You Might Eat Organic, but You're Still Full of Baloney

Published by Northwest Review in Volume 50, Issue 02, Winter, 2021

Aug 25, 2023 •

Published in in Toho Journal, Vol 2, Issue 2, Winter 2020

Aug 25, 2023 •

Friday Footnote: How to say "No" in Japanese

The finger X, hand X, or forearm X (you may have noticed 🙅🏻‍♀️ among your emojis and wondered about it) is a common sign employed by Japanese people…

Aug 25, 2023 •

On Dealing with Manipulative Behavior

So, as a writer and knit designer, I keep certain social media accounts public. I use these accounts for updating readers, posting about projects, doing…

Aug 22, 2023 •

Friday Footnote: Masada at Dawn

As the sun rises over the expansive desert and kisses the ruins on the top of Mount Masada, I am overcome with a burning desire to keel over and…

Aug 21, 2023 •

June 2021

Amos Burton, the Unlikely Sage

On the occasion of family turmoil, I've done a lot of thinking about anger. There seems to be a lot of it around me, although none of it is actually…

Jun 23, 2021 •

April 2021

You Might Eat Organic Has a Home!

I’m super excited, because this week, Northwest Review, finally released their Winter 2021 edition with my short non-fiction piece in it. The piece is…

Apr 22, 2021 •

July 2020

Why I'm choosing to Launch My Next Novel With Publishizer

As an attorney, a novelist, and an entrepreneur, I know I’m equipped to go independent with my next novel. I released my first novel, Compendium, under…

Jul 18, 2020 •

April 2020

In Consideration of Turning 43

Hello, old friend. No, really. It's been a really, really long time since I've written anything substantive here. So long, in fact, that even doing a…

Apr 10, 2020 •

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