As I sit down to write this, I’m thinking about a friend of mine whose birthday is today. Well, I still call him friend, though I can’t say what his take on the matter is, because I haven’t heard from him in going on five years. Though we only got together in person a few…
I recently read the news that a woman in a nearby town had passed earlier this year and it produced a moment of sadness as I remembered her. Truth is, I didn’t know Alice well at all. Aside from one or two conversations, we were strangers to each other. But I remember those conversations, well,…
According to at least some meteorologists, we are in for a colder than usual autumn this year. Waking up to temps in the high thirties and low forties makes that easy to believe. Even as I sit here writing this, it’s a little after one o’clock and it’s sixty two degrees outside. The temperature isn’t…
( vaɪˈsɛniəl ) adjective – lasting twenty years 2025 marks my twentieth year in the band Kilrush. Now, right up front I will concede that there were times where I thought I was done with it and I wasn’t out playing with them. But even during those periods of what I call “my hiatus” I…
Working in the world of education, even on the fringe like I do, has its advantages, one of them being summer vacation. While we have the option to work during the summer, this year finds me taking the time off instead. And it finds me thinking of things to do for the next two months…
I don’t think I have ever mentioned it, but in “real life” I am a school bus driver. It’s a great gig that not only allows me to help pay the bills around here but also allows for plenty of free time for other endeavors such as writing, music, etc. It also allows for me…
Today, June 2nd, marks five years since I released my first book, In Times of Trouble. The world was definitely a different place back in 2020. We were living in the shadow of a pandemic that would not only prove to be a great challenge to us as individuals, but also as a nation. Although…
Once upon a time, when I was still a paramedic and we’d just finished a particularly unusual call, I remarked to the E.R. doctor that someday I was going to write a book about what it’s like in that world. “Honey, they’ll never believe it,” she said. And I know now that she was right.…
I don’t just write post-apocalyptic fiction, I’m also an avid reader. And by “avid” I mean that I read a lot of it. I’m not entirely sure what draws me to the genre so much. Perhaps in part it’s because one gets to imagine mankind living outside of what is considered “normal.” You know, the…
For the past several years I’ve considered writing an open letter to the graduating class of each June, but never got around to it. As graduation loomed closer for our oldest son I thought about it more. That was in 2020, and we know too well what a shit show that year ended up being.…
