What makes for safe spaces? What makes people feel safe? What is safety, relatively speaking? I didn’t grow up with a sense of safety. My world revolved around keeping certain people happy from a very young age, and around finding ways to step between certain people and those who needed protection more than I did–which …
When I wrote this, it was the day after the fourth of July, the U.S. holiday known as Independence Day, when we’re supposed to celebrate by getting together for potlucks and barbecues, and by setting off fireworks. I’ve always had a weird feeling about the day. Like something was off. I like fireworks, quite a …
I’d been feeling scraped out lately so I decided to go to a museum and picked the USF Contemporary Art Museum (CAM). I didn’t know what was showing but I like “contemporary art,” as a genre, and I’ll likely be back because the exhibition was very well done. The exhibit is by artist Rico Gatson, …
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I’m going to talk the ethics of AI here (specifically the ethics of generative AI) and will likely piss off everyone regardless of their current opinion on the subject. Please keep in mind the following: I am not lawful good. I’m chaotic good, dual-classed as a sorcerer-rogue. Or I’m an inheritor of Granny Weatherwax, …
I woke up abruptly one morning out of a forgotten dream, the words “French onion ramen” lingering on my lips. Sounded like a great idea, so I went for it! My goal was to make not just “French onion soup with ramen noodles” but something that was more balanced between French and Japanese flavors. Elements …
Waiting for the new action movie The Woman King? Starring Viola Davis, the movie is inspired by true events that I just had to check out!
What to do with an entire National Guard Regiment of Black soldiers from Harlem in WWI? Loan them to the French. The Harlem Hellfighters were born.
Frankenstein, Dracula, The Phantom of the Opera. If you like stories full of atmosphere, horror, and bittersweet emotions, then you may enjoy a good Gothic story. That story may go back a few centuries or it may be completely modern. The characters will be dramatic, the language will be flowery, and the atmosphere will hang in the …
Please note: this is not currently a serious project! I am actually working on a tarot deck to go along with a novel series, tentatively named The Clockwork Gothic. It turns out that trying to put together an actual tarot deck seriously changes how you see the tarot. I was journaling one day and came …
(I’m going to be developing some neat stuff about Whitaker Wright later! Research!!) The tale of Whitaker Wright begins in Stafford, England, and ends in Surrey about a hundred and fifty miles away. But this is not a small tale. While Whitaker Wright was born the eldest child of a humble clergyman, he rose to …
