My mother, Nancy Elizabeth Page Lipscomb Holstad, died one year ago today on August 5, 2024 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Her funeral took place on August 11, several days later. Despite being nearly a century old, it was a bit of a shock as she lived alone in her own condo, had been slowing down but …
Continue reading One Year Anniversary Today. RIP Mom.
Hi. July was a challenging month, and especially a time-challenging month. I didn't find time to write or post about nearly anything, and even though I got a lot of things published, I didn't even take/find the time to write my usual little blurb about many of them, or to even reblog from a magazine's …
Continue reading Some July Publications Just Now Being Announced
Since I'm short on time, I'm just going to post the publication announcement that went out on X today, but I'm really proud of this piece I titled "breeding evolas," which I wrote 3 weeks after the new US administration took over. Those familiar with the name making up half of the piece's title might …
Continue reading miniMAG publishes my Experimental Piece, “breeding evolas” in Issue 158 today!
Hi y'all! Sorry posts have been sparse lately. Those of you who have been with me for awhile know I've been living with severe health problems for a long time and these have really been worsening in many ways over the past year and a half, made complicated by injuries and emergency surgeries. I've also …
Continue reading Running Behind! Some Short, Quick Posts Coming Up.
Hidden Peak Press is one of those very fine magazine and book publishers, producing consistently high quality poetry and fiction regardless of who or what, et cetera. Which is why I feel especially privileged when they choose to publish something of mine, in this case a fairly new poem titled "DYSTOPIAN DREAMSCAPES" that is part …
Continue reading “Dystopian Dreamscapes” published by Hidden Peak Press!
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