Life
Blog posts about life, art, and everything.
I should have written it down
March 17, 2026 | Miscellany
Last week I read a quote about writing that I quite liked, but I couldn’t remember where I saw it, what it said, or who said it. I only remembered I liked it.
Hope is a side road
March 7, 2026 | Miscellany
A short poem about finding hope in an unexpected place by a person who has no experience being hopeful. Sometimes hope finds you, I guess.
Boiling frog
March 3, 2026 | Miscellany
The frog in boiling water metaphor gets an update, and we all learn a little something about our place in the world. Kidding, this will not make you smarter.
Pump
March 1, 2026 | Miscellany
My parents own an old cottage on the far side of a small northern Ontario lake. When I was a kid it didn’t have hydro or running water, but it had a hand pump.
Steve Smith on picking a career
January 25, 2026 | Miscellany
I’ll give you some advice to picking a career. There’s four things. Number one, got to be mostly enjoyable — nothing in life is completely enjoyable. Number two, it has to be a worthy challenge — boredom will kill your brain. Number three, you have to have the reasonable expectation of success. Like me going […]
The trees
October 14, 2025 | Miscellany
It was inevitable that the trees would rebel against the human colonizers. Centuries of abuse, and the senseless slaughter of millions of their kind had left them with no recourse.
Morning wood
September 30, 2025 | Miscellany
The knots in the pine table stared accusingly at Parson. He wondered what he ever did to make the table dislike him. He pulled his morning coffee closer.
Fumata and sausages
September 28, 2025 | Miscellany
A nonsensical little free verse my brain spit out while chilling in the backyard waiting for sausages to grill, and staring casually at the passing clouds.
Fifty
August 16, 2025 | Miscellany
I turned fifty today! I spent the morning writing, listening to Maiden and generally just being in a good mood. You should try it, it’s a good time.
A letter from my future self regarding the move
August 8, 2025 | Miscellany
Hey, it’s me (you), writing from the future! It’s about a month after the move to the new house, and I thought I should check in.