Category: Україна

• MH17

  Jul 17

  I’ve been dreading this day for a year now: the first anniversary of when flight MH17 was shot down by thugs in eastern Ukraine with a Buk on loan from… more ›

• The Crimean Tense: When Past Is Present

  Mar 6

  Referencing the past is a weak form of analysis and one that offers little insight to the current situation in Ukraine. The Russian occupation of Crimea is distinctly not like… more ›

• Bullet-Point Friday: The Bewitching Hour

  Oct 9

  When I still lived in Kansas all those years ago, I would wake up in the middle of the night terrified out of my skin because of the witch sitting… more ›

• I Shall Die

  Sep 17

  One of the first concerts I attended was a Peter, Paul and Mary reunion tour through Dallas in 1986. I remember listening to them as a child, long after they… more ›

• Two-Track Tuesday: Ancient Heart

  Aug 26

  It was the summer of ’89, while working at the General Cinema in south Arlington, that I discovered Tanita Tikaram. Because of my weekly pay, I was visiting music shops… more ›

• Project Blog It: Strawberries

  Aug 8

  To contribute to Project Blog It today, I decided to post an excerpt from a book I’ve been writing over the past few years based on the journal I kept… more ›

• Aug 15

  “Damaged people are dangerous: they know they will survive.” I’m still lost in the dance of the lost man. Everyday my bitterness eats away at my insides, making me more… more ›

• May 26

  I’ve been writing on this site for almost a year. Of course, over the past several months I’ve barely written at all for lack of inspiration and because of my… more ›