The experts are out in force today solving the Euro’s problem. It’s easy, just bankrupt all the Banks in Europe! But all the Banks in this mess are tied into sovereign debt to such a huge degree, that to save a relatively small economy like Greece the Politicians are prepared to kill off the financial sector in the European Economy. ‘How stupid is that? ignore Greece, let it sink or swim. They are not interested in economic [...]
Chapter One The clouds opened up over London hours ago. The cafés consisted of pensioners, students, and artist types. The bars would be picking up in a few hours. The audience had long since quieted down. Actors walked upon the stage and faced a half-filled theatre. Someone even said a British royal had arrived with a member of the House of Lords. This would explain the lateness of such a theatre company and the sex scandal yet to come. [...]
Did I say I was ready? I mean … Who the fuck do you think you are? Squeezing between your fingers, In that familiar ‘pleasuring yourself’ grip; Prepared as judge and jury to yank From its life support; the faded … not quite so flawless. A small sacrifice for the supreme specimen! YOU know what is best with an obscene certainty; Your unflinching fingers, That sabotage time, tell me that. How [...]
Call me moon If you must, But spare me the scars. Call me rose If you would, But spare me the thorns. Call me pearl If you will, But spare me the waves. Call me honey If you could, But spare me the sting. Call me a bird If you can, And show me the route to the azure skies. Allow me to breathe And sway my way, ….and a death as a free bird dies. (Poem was published in Woman’s era Magazine [...]
As An artist and a writer, I study all the time the masters in those fields, those who struggled and won. Why? Because I am still struggling and need their tools to win. I recently read Charles Webster Hawthorne on Painting, collected by Mrs. Charles. W. Hawthorne with an Introduction by Edwin Dickinson, an Appreciation by Hans Hoffman, and Biographical Notes by Joseph Hawthorne, his son. Here are the forty tools I gleaned from Hawthorne’s [...]
Cody sighed. Might as well get it over with. He removed the shackles, returned them, and bent over her. “Shay, wake up.” Her eyes flew open. She planted both hands against his chest and shoved, knocking him on his back, then sprang on top of him. “How dare you handcuff me to a bed?” she yelled, punctuating each word with a shake that rattled his brain. He didn’t fight back. She had to get it out of her system, and he didn’t [...]
Is it any wonder the normally peaceful streets of our major cities are fast resembling war zones? When our government, hell bent on saving money at all costs to alleviate the national debt severely reduces the numbers of police and other front-line services, should it come as a complete surprise? Plus, is it also surprising that the police seem reluctant to participate, given their lack of numbers? In it’s ignorance and sheer stupidity, [...]
Invasion of privacy happens to us every single day. Every time you call the phone company, Credit Card Company or even a doctor’s office you get a message that says your call might be recorded for quality assurance. I don’t consider that anything other than taping what I am saying to make sure they might have heard me right. I hate to have to mince my words or watch what I say every time I make a phone call to any office or just saying [...]
the porch near two
doors leading too
two families in the
city, on a corner lot
in a city filled with
children who played,
played – as she watched -
the porch where she
smiled when a friend
walked by –
How long had the idea of your book been developing before you began to write the story? I worked on the idea for Donations to Clarity for about two or three years. My original intention was to write a very different book which included more mythical creatures, such as the Loch Ness Monster, but when I sat down to write the book, the Bigfoot story took over. Instead of resisting the idea, I just went with where the characters took me. What [...]
