Shea Powers

She fights the urge to bottom feed, what some call “settle.” It comes from her world immediate. Most of her girl friends are hitched, half to Winnebagos, the rest to trailers without tail-lights. She’d be lying if she said the odds didn’t scare her. Compatibility is king and when loved ones lose she takes note….

Ezra Dunn

He used to sell. Was an appliance man. Counter-depth fridges. Top-load washers. Express-rinse this and square-footage-of-simultaneous-browning that. Lotta sheet metal. Lotta running his fingers across stainless steel. He was good. More than once brought his department within inches of yearly sales records. Good enough to raise a small family. “Look here!” he snapped when the…

Some Drawings 1

Putting my feet up in Korea, whether with a cup of coffee or simply waiting for the future was a good excuse to jot thoughts, sketch them too. The following are a selection of drawings from my Korea journals, somewhere between 2015 and 2021.

Osaka

It’s been five years since my trip to Osaka. Interesting to look back, to see what memories jump out. Among the heavy-hitters are walking my legs off, convinced I could find my hotel without public transport, and marveling at the puzzle-perfection of the region’s temples. Incredibly, I didn’t come close to Osaka Castle. I could…