Category: Creations
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Song of Cascadia
At a time when we’re getting a far-right authoritarian federal government, cities, states, and regions that oppose that agenda need to find ways to exert our independence. Cascadia (especially that portion west of the Cascades) is not like the rest of the country. Here’s a song for Cascadians. I wrote…
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New page of maxims
Just added a new page to this blog. Already had a page of “quotable quotes” (check it out), of quotes from other people that inspire me. New page is basically quoting myself (narcissistic, I know), trying to be wise or clever or some such in a pithy kind of way.…
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Firing line
I hesitate to call myself a writer. I know writers—of poetry, songs, essays—& they’re always writing, working on their craft. Not me. Sometimes I write a poem, or spoken word, or song, or essay, or whatever, but not as a regular practice. Only when the inspiration hits. Sometimes words just…
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Cyclops Psyops
One of the projects I’ve been working on is a collaboration with Seattle multi-media artist Jonathan Clarren. Here is the first draft of our first collaboration. Jonathan does the paintings & video end, I do the spoken word & backing track. My first attempt using Garageband. cyclops psyops panopticon big…
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New old song, For What It’s Worth
For What It’s Worth was a classic song from Buffalo Springfield in 1965, but 50 years later I felt it could use a little updating. So in 2015 I wrote a new version that kept a lot of the original words but made a few changes in message. I posted…

