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Down in the Dirt magazine publishes “The Rough, Violet Stone”

The August 2022 issue of Down in the Dirt has arrived, and in it you can find my poem “The Rough, Violet Stone.”  (Thanks, as always, to Editor Janet Kuypers for selecting my work for this outstanding literary magazine.)  The magazine’s theme this month is “My Name Is Equality.”

You can purchase a copy of the issue at Amazon right here, or you can read it online here at the Scars Publications website.



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Blockbust.

You want to know how old I am?  I can remember when Blockbuster Video was The Next Big Thing.  It was a monolithic blue titan of a company that was gobbling up mom-and-pop video stores in whatever town it landed in.   Think of Goya’s “Saturn Devouring His Son.”

Yes … I realize that the meme below is now a bit dated, as today Netflix is infamously suffering its own problems.  It’s still funny, though.



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Sweet talk.

Weird things you learn as a writer — the expression “sweeten the kitty” was at one time a synonym for “award.”

We absolutely need to bring that back into common usage.



The checkout girl gave me Good Humor Strawberry Shortcake bars by accident.

Now I think I’m addicted.

The real irony here is that I haven’t actually been in any good humor for approximately 17 years.



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The resemblance is uncanny. Don’t deny it.

I even kinda come across like Forrest Gump.



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Here’s another picture of the demolition site between Salem and Campbell Avenues.

I just think it’s neat.  It’s weird looking to where the Campbell Court bus hub used to be and seeing an enormous empty space.

The city has a deal with developer to put a few things in the redesigned space, including apartments and stores.  You can read all about it here at The Roanoke Times.



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My friend Tara is a newly minted published poet!!!

Please join me in congratulating her for seeing her poem “Finally” appear over at Spillwords Press!!

You can find it right here.



(But it’s probably a mooooot point.)

When you take a loooooooong Saturday nap and then wake up groggy, apple fritters kinda look like calf brains.

I’m just sayin’.



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