Archive - Inscribed

Out of the many things that cause me to question why I continue to paint, the need - the constant need - for seemingly increasing amounts of money…

Jul 23 •

June 2024

Three Paintings

I was asked to be a part of a one-day art event this Saturday in the small town where I work, and contributed three paintings.

Jun 28 •

The End of Endings

This is how silly I am:

Jun 12 •

May 2024

When Black and White Was Easy

As a teenager, I would walk through the mall at Christmas time and see the temporary booths set up to sell calendars. Year after year, I would see the…

May 15 •

Imaginary Friends

And How to Lose Them

May 10 •

Memories of a Dead Man

I have the memories of a dead man. They float up from a bog, unwilling to become soil, preferring instead the light existence of wind with weight. No…

May 5 •

March 2024

Unpitied Sacrifice in a Contemptible Struggle

Consequence is the cure.

Mar 11 •

January 2024

Fail Differently

Jan 15 •

December 2023

Irrelevant and Happy

I want to feel again the length of days. I would rush to the screened window to see which relative was coming down the dirt road, but I knew from the…

Dec 29, 2023 •

November 2023

Without Resolution

But still with Purpose

Nov 5, 2023 •

October 2023

No More Forever

I am from Middle Tennessee, a particular part of that region that has always been on the fringes of history and never in its center.

Oct 6, 2023 •

September 2023

My fiction effort - An app-only look at a story's beginning.

Sep 28, 2023 •

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