Thoughts, Tangents and Other Assorted Chaos I Throw Here to Amuse Myself

I am one day late (don't sue me), but the Volume VI of the Capital City Press anthology is live as of yesterday! And we're in it again ;) Not only do I have a poem up in the anthology this year (Twinspeak), but I also recorded an audio version of said poem that- while not up yet- will be up at some point. So that's cool! I'm always excited to be a part of this project since I know there's so many great writers and poets in and around Edmonton. I mean, just read some of the re

Hello everyone/Bonjour tout le monde! Exciting news to share... yo boi has won honourable mention in the 2026 CLC poetry contest! I'm honestly kind of surprised, because there were doubtless many other excellent poems submitted... but it means a lot the jury connected with and enjoyed my piece. Beyond the bragging rights, this means I'll also get the opportunity to present my poem "i was there/j'étais là" on April 25th at the Milner Library (complete details on the bottom of

This will be a short one but I just wanted to say my Happiness Reflected Podcast episode is out :) It can be found at this link ... just scroll allllll the way to the bottom of the page and look for Season 4, Episode 2 "Is Happiness in a Moment?" I'm also featured in Season 1 (Episode 4) and Season 2 (Episode 5) if you want some more listening. And as always, have a wonderful day whoever is reading this!

Hello folks! Just wanted to give a heads up that tomorrow, from 11am-4pm in St.Albert Place, Amplify St.Albert will be hosting an art market! Now why is your local writer gremlin posting about this? Well, you see mi homie Monaco- who did the art on the front page of this webby site- will be selling buttons, bookmarks, and art prints (perhaps stickers if fate is kind and merciful) at said art market :D I've seen some of the in-preparation designs and they're pretty cool. So I

Yo boi has officially been published in their very first Big Boy Literary MagazineTM! cue confetti and celebration Issue 1.3 of Milk Bag...

Howdy folks, hope everyone reading this is having a lovely day :> In order to celebrate the launch of the Student Mental Health action...

Ya boi has officially obtained Honourable Mention status in the Spring Haiku contest put on by Copper Kettle Gameworks!! Yippee! I am...

I have no idea exactly when this happened (I noticed it literally five minutes ago), but my recording of "sitting with an old aquaintance...

(cracks open non-existent champagne bottle) The book chapter I helped write is finally out! Yippee! Only... (checks calendar)... two...

Happiness Reflected Volume 3 is offically out! (Actually, it has been for a bit but I've been too busy to post about it don't come at me...

I noticed recently in my analytics that a decent amount of my website traffic is coming directly from Google searches. Curious, I decided...

I kept telling myself I'd post again when my Capital City Press Anthology recording was available, but here we are like four months later...

I've also put this on the main page, but I'm presenting in two whole poetry readings in the month of July (as of right now, who knows, I...

This is slightly late since I was in Saskatoon BUT Episode 5 of the U of A Happiness Reflected Podcast ft. me has officially been...

I have been very dead on this blog lately... partially because of schoolwork but also because I've been working hard on editing/prepping...

Pop quiz! What do you think had the second strongest bite force of anything ever? (The first strongest is T.rex, if you're curious.) If...

Hello family and friends! If you are reading this you probably got one of the links for the website I sent out in a flurry of...