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There Has Been an Awakening
Have you felt it? I haven’t updated this site in over a year. That changes now. I’ve completed the first draft of a new novel. Expect to hear more about it soon. COVID struck America hardcore in March 2020. With nothing to do but stay home for the summer — my day job is teaching…
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Problematic
We need to rethink how we approach so-called “problem plays.”In Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, a woman is threatened with the death of her brother if she doesn’t submit to sexual assault. The guilty party gets discovered and punished, but the innocent victim is victimized yet again by an allegedly just duke coercing her into a…
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Tragedy Tomorrow, Comedy Last Night
I am a lifelong fan of stand-up comedy. Among my earliest memories are the hours I spent listening to and all but memorizing the classic Bill Cosby albums in my uncle’s collection. When someone asked me recently what my favorite TV show of all time was, I decided it was Saturday Night Live, from the…
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On Success
After a long conversation with my mom the other day, I’ve been thinking a lot about the nature of success. Sometimes it’s happening to us and we don’t even notice it. Forty years ago, a silly space opera hit theaters. Little did I know it’d be one of the pivotal events of my childhood. On…
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The Grand Debut of OLY ARTS
A generous patron of South Sound theatre, author Ned Hayes resolved to publish a periodical called OLY ARTS. This magazine would focus exclusively on art and culture in Olympia…
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Glory, Glory, Vanished
It’s been a while, so I grabbed a few minutes to tell you what’s been happening in my life…
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Holiday on Ice, Part 2
Tomorrow marks the two-week anniversary of my hernia repair surgery. Please, no gifts…
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Holiday on Ice, Part 1
Like most men, I’ve had it drummed into my brain from infancy that pain and fear are emotions any “real man” must labor to suppress. Trouble is, those emotions don’t want to be suppressed, especially when there are valid reasons for both…
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Spooky Noises
This being Halloween, the official release date of the Lightfall audiobook, I thought I’d share a couple of ominous sound clips with you….
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On Fairness
It hit me one morning, during the worst of our family travails, an insight among the most profound of my life…