Chaos Theory or Something Similar

November 12, 2011

And now for something completely different… Chaos theory is the study of disorder or randomness or unpredictability in what otherwise seems …

The Value of an Hour

November 3, 2011

My wife, Alane, and I returned home in the wee hours this “morning” after a week in Nevada and Utah. …

October 24, 2011

For years I’d thought of myself as part engineer/part artist. By definition, that arrangement sets up a conflict: part one …

October 7, 2011

Some of the most interesting artistic results have come to me through playing. The engineer in me wants to use …

September 19, 2011

“He’s got potential,” is a compliment. For me, it is a critical comment pointing out my creative failures. It’s non-movement. …

August 10, 2011

Fiction writers can be divided into two major groups: outliners and discovery writers. Outliners know the beginning, middle and end …

August 1, 2011

This morning, I watched the early light come through the cut glass prisms of our front door and splash against …