Designs I Like

Book Bargain Bonanza

September 5, 2025

Adulting Is Balance and, sometimes, Compromise. When I created this post I discounted all the titles at Amzn as a short ‘going out of print’ sale, even though as a Print On Demand book there’s no old stock to sell off. As of Sept. 17, [read more]

Poetry

In Pursuit of a Dream Revised

July 11, 2025

In Pursuit of a Dream, my small chapbook of poetry from the 1980s is out of print. Most of the contents of that book, along with 8 pages of selections written this century, are now available as This Future Is No Gentle Trophy from our [read more]

Poetry

Metaphor Dice

February 18, 2019

After receiving payment for a freelance assignment, I treated myself to Metaphor Dice. I’d heard about it a few different places. As their marketing material says, they “make the formation of metaphors as easy as rolling a handful of dice! Combine one concept (RED), one [read more]

Poetry

2017 Pride Specials

June 3, 2017

June is LGBTQ Pride Month- And We’re Celebrating Save 40% on Digital Gryphon Publishing Poetic Publications   EXPIRED

Family, Identity

After The Bath

September 23, 2016

As a young gay man in the ’80s I was not only a regular patron of Toronto’s bath houses (“steambath” or “men’s health club“), I worked the overnight shift at one for a summer. Although I did not have the exact genealogical details memorized, I [read more]

LGBTITQQ2S

Nimoy, Tovey and Stereotypes

March 2, 2015

Leonard Nimoy worked hard to escape a future limited by his being typecast as Mr. Spock; arguably the most iconic character from the Star Trek universe. He struggled to express other aspects of his personality, interests and talents. Of which he had plenty. It is [read more]