Everywhere but here apparently. I realized today that I haven’t updated this site in about 18 months. But I have been busy, I swear. In fact, I’m excited to announce another novel, this one a mystery. A mystery set in Tasmania. A mystery with a vegan character (naturally). A mystery with a co-author, Midge Raymond….
There is a stretch of land along the southernmost coast of the Southern Island of New Zealand known as Curio Bay. I visited about five years ago in search of the Hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin (seen above). And here, at long last, is a story that emerged from that visit, published in Kelp Journal. Thanks…
So a created a thing… Basically, you go to this website: https://www.mynameisvegan.com Enter your name and then download the name tag as a PNG file. Give it a go and let me know what you think… Oh and you can select different colors.
In 2014, we set out to curate a collection of short stories that explored the ways in which we live among—and often in conflict with—our non-human counterparts. And now, here we are with the third edition of this popular book series. The cover of the book features Winky, a local chicken and a survivor, who…
Did you know that the Netflix “Skip Intro” button is clicked 136 million times each day saving 195 years in our cumulative lives every day? This is the theme of my recent short play called, what else, Skip Intro. It was recently given a stage reading here in Ashland at the Ashland Contemporary Theatre and…
If you’re in Southern Oregon or Northern California, you might be able to help in the search for a species of bee that is, at best, endangered and, at worst, extinct. The Franklin’s bumble bee (Bombus Franklini) is endemic to this region and has not been seen in 15 years. You can learn more at…
Awhile back I wrote a 10-minute played called Veganish. A few weeks ago I got a chance to help perform the play on the Our Hen House podcast. You can catch it here. I hope you enjoy it!
If you haven’t heard of Vegan Book Club yet, now is the time to check it out — via Instagram. This month, the group is reading The Tourist Trail and Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows by Melanie Joy.
I’m happy to announce a 4-week program that Midge Raymond and I will be teaching beginning January 2nd. Learn more here
I was thrilled to join Lovis Geier on her amazing environmental literature podcast this week. You can check it out here:
At last, it’s ready… on Audible.com.https://adbl.co/2ZINs6j You can listen to a sample here: Ashland Creek Press · Where Oceans Hide Their Dead (sample) Read by yours truly, warts and all. The end result is 8 hours and change long but I lost count of how many hours I spent recording and re-recording these chapters. Partly…
At long last I am recording the audio book for Oceans. Should be a few months before it’s live but I’m excited to finally be tackling this novel. More soon…
I love watching otters which, to my regret, led me to click on this CNN article recently. It’s about a zoo in Belgium that paired a family of sea otters with orangutans to help keep the orangutans entertained. I can’t say for sure that the orangutans are entertained but my clicking on the photo below…
Monsanto was well aware that its “Roundup 2.0” chemical/seed system, known as Dicamba, would be a disaster for farmers — and soil and anything within the vicinity (as Dicamba get airborne awfully easily). I wrote about this issue in my second novel and I knew back then that this type of information would leak out…
My last post was about upcoming events. Well, we can forget about events for the near future. Such is life.