Dear Bees, It is occasionally interesting, to me at least, to re-visit my 20-something self. Different times, different pleasures, different pressures, different thoughts, different scenes. One of my favorite things from this period was my collaboration with artist and friend, Grant W. Miller. That collaboration was between his Howard B. prints and my poem, “The Wolving Ritual.” I’d like to write a few words about it here.

Dear Bees, I have been holding off from writing anything, thinking life will slow down or my luck will change or the world will somehow get better. But that's never the case. Taking time today to write something for my wife was an absolute pleasure. As always, thanks for reading!

Dive into an illuminating conversation with filmmaker Tony Tost about his Western film Americana and the art of storytelling.

Dear Bees, I'm putting a long pause on the blog. I will be re-assessing the blog's purpose in my life. Those of you who have stuck around, thank you.

Dear Bees, Here is the fourth and final section of my Conversations with Tony Tost: Butch Let’s talk College of the Ozarks. We had some cool folks attending all at the same time. I remember Dr. Phil Carman introducing me to everyone at the CWT (Center for Writing and Thinking). At the time it was nestled away in what seemed like a forgotten corner of campus.

mostly we have to care/ for others,/ to see that the heart of all/ desire is/ to do that/ the people on the boat/ will kill you but/ don’t stop/ America was always a/ lie, wasn’t where/ any of us actually were/ keep trying to be kind/ it doesn’t matter that what you thought/ wasn’t happening Dear Bees, I am excited to be in discussion with wonderful Buddhist, scholar, and poet, David Need.

Dear Bees, I'm happy to bring you the third installment of my conversation with Tony Tost. In it, I ask the big questions: set pieces, why this story and not that, and why Art. The final one, why Art, led me to think about the question for myself. I think the first thing to know is that Art for me has to do with fascination.

An interview with poet Laura Carter and an essay about Poetry and Grief. Psychology, therapy, Art, Poetry

Each person’s grief is like all other people’s grief; each person’s grief is like some other person’s grief; and each person’s grief is like no other person’s grief.— J. William Worden., Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy “There are no seeds, as if saying seeds is a synonym/ for God and your friend carried you across a black/ ocean”— Laura Carter, …

Dear Bees, Another from a manuscript I am writing for my wife, titled, Alter Pieces.

Version 1.0.0 Dear Bees, Hello! I haven't posted in a while. Life and work. But there are more conversations and essays coming soon. In the meantime, I wanted to talk a little about my new favorite poet, one I want to write more about, Antomio Ganomeda. A towering figure in Spanish literature, his poems are visceral and visionary. They blow my mind.

“But a reader here shouldn’t be afraid of getting lost. Gamoneda may abstract his subject matter, but his lines are almost painfully embodied. No matter where you are, you’ll be aware of the roaring o...

I've never made a picture to be anti-anything or pro-anything. -Howard Hawks Dear Bees, I’m delighted to bring Part Two of my interview with Tony Tost.  It covers a lot of ground: pop psychology and TV, a discussion on the use of politics in the industry, a fascinating look into what kind of creative and logistical considerations go into Tony’s filmmaking process, and an illuminating discussion on influence.

On earth somewhere a child, breaking with an old form of a new love, makes absolute seem possible, if only for a (form of a) form of a time as if an echo could mean that something matters beyond so…

I have had to learn the simplest things last. Which made for difficulties. — Charles Olson Dear Bees, It is my distinct pleasure to welcome Tony Tost to the Butch Gets Schooled Series. I woul…

The only thing you need for a film is a gun and a cat, he said, by cat some kind of girl. And I’m the girl. Dear Bees,After an almost 20-year hiatus, I am continuing with my Butch Gets Schooled int…

If we believe the word more than we believe the world then whoever controls the word controls our perception of the world. Dear Bees, This is the final section of my 2006 interview with Jake. In it…

Dear Bees, I have started a new manuscript and will be posting excerpts from time to time. A manuscript for my wife. Piece 1 (On this wedding) anniversaryyear 10, tin— chase turned to slow ochrelov…

Poetry is the only language that does not kill the world because it destroys what language ordinarily does.

Poetry is the only language that does not kill the world because it destroys what language ordinarily does– Jake Berry Dear Bees, We are nearing the end of the 2006 Jake Berry interview. Jake…

Dear Bees,Hi! It’s been awhile! I have graduated school with a Master’s in Social Work! I’m taking next steps to become a therapist! I’m also looking at Program Evalution an…