One month A capsule of freedom When homework is over And classrooms fade into memory With long days and starry nights and ice cream whenever you want it Trips to distant places Swallowing too much ocean Laughter with no prompting…
Thanks to my friend and creative partner Laurie Smithwick’s inspiration, I’m focusing on art every day for 30 days. Laurie did 100 consecutive days of watercolors (twice) which was amazing to follow. However, I’m no painter so I’m going to…
You are going to die. It could be by a train this afternoon, or it could be in 70 years when you’re happy from having lived a full life, but you are going to expire and turn to dust. For…
We ended our amazing trip to St. Croix, boarded our flight to Miami, and things got interesting.
Every so often I feel the ascension of birds in my chest Soft reminders of the seeds of art that have taken root deep within me revealing themselves during insignificant moments as I hack my way through the daily grind…
On her 15th birthday, my daughter received a beta fish from a kid who lived in the neighborhood. A kid who had been in our house many times. A kid who would know we weren’t “fish people.” I thought it…
Writer. Father to daughters. Husband. Ad man. Raised by wolves. 
