An eclectic mix of life, art & fiction

Everything Zen

The Man Upstairs A Fictional Series STAN PHILIPS, UNIT 103 I hear Jack’s been talking smack again. Don’t believe everything he says. I’m not high half the time – just once or twice a week, and that’s it. Hey, a… Read More
The Hot Shot

The Man Upstairs A Fictional Series JACK ROGERS, UNIT 104 I’ve been at Fourth and Main for a year and a half now. I love living here because it’s so close to the college. Plus my parents are paying the… Read More
A Sleepy Child

The Man Upstairs A Fictional Series CARLA FERNANDEZ, UNIT 102 My baby girl, Lucita, has been very difficult lately. Something is making her unhappy at night, and I cannot soothe her. I feed her, change her, rock her… and still,… Read More
Watch the World Burn

The Man Upstairs A Fictional Series LARRY FERGUSON, UNIT 101 I moved into Fourth and Main twenty years ago and it was the best complex in the city. At the time. Over the last few years the building has either… Read More
Pretty in Pink

A Haiku Wind, blowing kisses, Pink skies, whispering a tune, Time, not forgotten. I started this image about a week ago. It was a simple remake of the famous “Marilyn’s dress flies up over a storm drain” or whatever it… Read More
Spontaneous Combustion

Stories We Tell A Fictional Series When Delilah was nine or ten, Martin and I went through a rough patch. Martin thought that our life was too structured; that we had lost all spontaneity. He missed the unknowing, and all… Read More

Everything Zen