Springtime shots from a trip to the Teotihuacan Pyramids, about 30 miles outside of Mexico City, along with some thoughts. If had a bucket list, this would have been on it, so I’ve checked that box. Teotihuacan was the largest urban center in Mesomerica – it existed about 1000 years before the Aztecs, with aContinueContinue reading “Teotihuacan”
Category Archives: soul
Megiddo
Sometimes I’ll be putting some pix up on the socials and I start writing and I wind up with a mini essay of sorts. This is one of those times; harkening back to December holidays, when I met my son and his girlfriend in Chicago for the week, he saw his mom’s parents, we sawContinueContinue reading “Megiddo”
Does She Still Like Billie Holiday?
Pleased to share “Does She Still Like Billie Holiday?” a new poem of mine up and running, live at Feminine Collective, a fabulous NYC-based literary zine featuring writers exploring “humanity, raw and unfiltered.” Hope you can take a few moments to dig in, hop aboard, and enjoy the read. Feminine Collective was founded over aContinueContinue reading “Does She Still Like Billie Holiday?”
The Red Fox
One of the good things about the holidays is I get out to connect with friends more than usual. And, among other things, past couple weekends I’ve popped over to Blue Door Framing in East Nashville, where Greg Decker has his studio. Greg is another friend met through a friend and is a gentleman andContinueContinue reading “The Red Fox”
Good Trouble – Nashville March
Some snaps from the John Lewis “Good Trouble’ march in Nashville, Saturday, July 19, 2025 A.D.. These went on all over the country, but in Nashville, there is annual celebration, as Lewis had deep roots here, connected to the Civil Rights movement and his time in the city, as he graduated from both Fisk UniversityContinueContinue reading “Good Trouble – Nashville March”
Doug Hoekstra 