Taking on the world one cup of coffee at a time. I could go on and tell you about illnesses and reasons and say all the things one typically says when someone dies. My father is dead and I have to learn how to be Ava-whose-father-died. How do I learn to live with a void? I know I can. It just fucking sucks that I have to. But he was my Daddy and I loved him.

Did you ask for the happy ending? Tuesday, September 15, 2009. New poems up at The Collagist. The second issue of The Collagist. By Sean Lovelace, just FOR EXAMPLE. Tuesday, June 16, 2009.

Friday, August 31, 2007. NB You can scroll down for all articles or click on highlighted names or titles to go directly to referenced article. Since this is a large issue, if it takes too long to upload the entire issue, you can click on the individual links below to more quickly get to a review that interests you. AFTER YOU, DEAREST LANGUAGE. POEM FOR THE END OF TIME AND OTHER POEMS.

Monday, July 25, 2016. Bickering on the Railroad Tracks While the Freight Train Comes. I feel like a railroad train is about to hit us. And the different factions of the Democratic party are bickering about who gets to sit in a better place on the tracks. The establishment and the insurgent wing of the party are equally to blame right now. They should change it to.

My personal collection of pictures of 1,050 sculptures, reliefs, mosaics, light displays, fountains and memorials. With both list and map views. Thumbnails that link to the larger pictures. Underlined internal links to related and listed entries.