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• This Artist’s Understanding of Reviewers

  I just finished reading The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin, and here’s the review that I… Read more.

• In These Days of Gratitude

  Hello. Earlier today, I checked my post office mailbox and found a letter from a friend of 50 years. The… Read more.

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  Electric Christmas, 20 Years Later

  Twenty years ago, I wrote, and published, “Electric Christmas” in Baltimore’s Child. It was my first sold piece as a… Read more.

• Who We Now Are

  When I started drafting this poem, at 8:50 pm, 28 March, there were 120,025 US cases, and 2,042 deaths. When… Read more.

• No Big Deal

  15 January 2020 Hi. Once again, it’s been awhile. I know, I know. I come back every now and then,… Read more.

• The Fragile Balance between Writing and Publishing

  For writers, the balance between writing and publishing is a fickle act where mind games play as big a role… Read more.

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  It Comes Down To…. You

  I’ve been reading a lot of Annie Dillard’s writing lately, and I stumbled upon a collection of essays she wrote… Read more.

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  Discovering Creative Ketosis

  I’m on this new diet (I hate the connotations that are associated with that word; every one of us is… Read more.

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  If I Were A Speechwriter….

  If I were a speechwriter, here’s what I would write for every politician, at every level, in our country. To… Read more.

• Baltimore Havens for Creatives

  Baltimore and the surrounding suburbs are not lacking in places for creatives, but last Monday night, when I had an… Read more.