Thots & Prayers

The Clue calendar project is finally complete! This image is from the editor; there may be small changes before final production in early December. It started with Mrs. White, with the Revolver, in the Conservatory. Except we were at Grandpa's Poolhouse, shooting with Brooklyn Ewing from Dirt Candy Productions. And if we're being honest, it started years before, in childhood, when I fell in love with Clue, the iconic game of Whodunnit? We had the 1972 version of the game, a

I thought I would curate a few of the random places that I've popped up, whether it's articles in regional publications or podcast appearances. First, let's start with the High Plains Reader. This originally started in Grand Forks as an indie arts publication, and at some point moved down to Fargo. I have contributed a few pieces of writing to them over the years, and even appeared on the cover - the year when the anti-drag hate group popped up and I got a bunch of death t

I wanted to create a space to collect and document my posts about the recent drama surrounding the termination of my verbal contract with Dakota OutRight. I have been their show director and MC for over twenty years, and was recently terminated one month before Pride; the reason stated for the termination was that my political commentary was too polarizing, i.e., it upset white conservatives in the community. I'm very wordy, so I thought it might be helpful to collect all o

I only finished all of Cougar Town because of my unfortunate completionist impulses, but it left me with some interesting thoughts about men. Great. Because it's not like they get any attention in our current culture... I'm tired of hearing about the "male loneliness epidemic" as if so much of what that entails isn't just a bunch of overgrown babymen refusing to put in even an ounce of self-improvement, listening to red-pill garbage, and blaming the women who rightfully fin

No sooner did I choose of "word of the year" to guide my actions in 2026, the universe decided to say, "Hold my beer!" and challenge me in every way possible. I have a friend who chooses a word of the year to focus on; she lets it guide how she moves in the world, how she responds to situations, and how she thinks about the year ahead. I thought that sounded like an interesting way to greet the new year, and I decided I wanted to have a word that could be my mantra, my inspi