bravesailor

1. A damp thanksgiving in New York
2.  The crystal chandeliers and topiary of the Waldorf Astoria
3.  Drowning turkey and dressing blues in a martini bar
4.  Identical twin pop-star looking cousins
5.  Beef short ribs
6.  The wind blows down 2nd ave
7.  A 90-year-old woman shuffles by in slippers and diamonds.
8.  Sneaking away from the party to draw
9.  [...]

Every night I return to my little nest.  I put on my pajamas, lie underneath my down comforter and then I am . . . conscious.  Even though I should be dead tired, I’ve got enough focus to balance my checkbook and the energy to run a quarter marathon.
So, to draw sleep ever nearer I’ve [...]

I’ve been hitting the drawing board hard on my latest project that is without a title as of yet.
Think: North Dallas, private school kids complete with silver spoons, teen drama where every emotion is heightened, like “I am so happy/sad just want to die/puke!”, Iron-Chef, and a family crisis that a father and son both [...]

Not very long ago, I read Jorge Luis Borge’s Book of Imaginary Beings, a catalog of the gods and monsters that we humans dreamed up to rule over the heavens and in the dark crevices of the earth. Ever since, I have been haunted by the Simurgh, a giant bird god formed from the [...]