I adopted my cat, Mao, from a shelter back in August. He was just perfect. Unfortunately, I noticed about a week ago that he seemed to be a little under the weather… he’d stopped purring, felt a little bloated, was eating a great deal more and leaving in his wake tremendous poops. A trip to [...] Continue Reading »

Of those friends I’m so fortunate to keep company with, Leila and Robert are two of my favorites. They’re both unapologetically themselves and, most charming, their talents at their respective arts are so telling of personal passions and practice and practical disciplines; Leila is a remarkable comic artist and Robert is a writer. Beyond that, [...] Continue Reading »

Folks, Denver is full of really beautiful people. Really beautiful, talented people. While as humans we’re cursed with the concept of lacking any personal concept of “intact”, there are some individuals who– rather than carrying their faults on their backs or in their hearts– create something of it instead. And isn’t that what art is? [...] Continue Reading »

Sometimes you’ve just gotta go and it ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe, if you don’t know by now.

There’s something about adopting a puppy that makes a young person come to terms with concepts like permanence, responsibility, and consequence. It’s almost like having a child, save for the lifespan and the life long investments and so on and so on. You’ve got to make sure you’re home enough to create routine; to make [...] Continue Reading »

It’s such a rare thing for a party to be attended 100% by friends who may as well be family; by strangers who embrace strangers and make friendships over homemade vodka; by persons who smile big for a photographer they’ve never met. The lovely Miss Leila Del duca announced a few weeks ago that she’s [...] Continue Reading »

The lovely Miss Carolyn is a nursing student and, during clinical rounds a few days ago, was the unfortunate victim of a rowdy psych patient. …we decided to take photographic advantage of her injuries. She’s beautiful. Even with a shiner.

The beautiful, talented, sweet, kind, perfect, amazing, awesome, funny, smart Miss Lin “Lingo” Weiling sent me this picture last night and I nearly fell out of bed. That’s how excited I was. And am. Still. Except now there’s no bed to fall out of. Keep me away from the stairs. Fact: Lingo is just the greatest. [...] Continue Reading »

I owe a lot to my father. My freckles; my sense of humor; my love of literature, of words and what they mean; the importance of asking, always asking; always why why whying the world. He instilled in me a pride in the things I produce and an acknowledgement of appreceation for the things I [...] Continue Reading »