Exciting Writerly News

I’m pleased to say that I’ve taken a position with Schlitz Audubon Nature Center. About 100 years ago this 180 acre property was used by the Schlitz Brewery as a location for their delivery horses to rest and recover and age. It has since become a nature sanctuary which is visited by a stunning array of birds and other native creatures.

I’ll be working as their Communications Specialist, and in such capacity will be writing and editing Panorama, the quarterly newsletter, as well as creating social media and other communications.

I start next Tuesday, and wasn’t able to sleep properly the night I was offered the job. Excite. Excite. Ideas. Ideas.

Visit the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center website to learn more, or just come visit sometime.

It will be a busy next few years as I’m also attending UW Milwaukee’s journalism program full time.

Top 15. Hooray!

I was invited to participate in Alverno Presents’ Patti Smith Uncovered. The time was grand for us as performers, and it appears the crowd enjoyed the show as well. We made it into Milwaukee Record’s top 15 shows of the year. Splendid!

http://milwaukeerecord.com/music/15-best-milwaukee-concerts-2014/

Annual Sturgeon Fest in Milwaukee at Ozaukee Magazine

http://www.ozaukeemag.com/return-great-lakes-dinosaur/

A few in the final edition of My Favorite Bullet

During the course of My Favorite Bullet’s run I’ve been proud to be published amongst many other really good poems. I’ve got 3 in this last edition, have a looksee. Farewell, MFB.

http://interiornoisepress.com/00000_01MFB_2014_Main.html

Additionally, MFB has evolved into Interior Noise Press. Check them out here:

http://www.interiornoisepress.com/

Christmas Essay on Lake Effect

I was thinking about all the pictures I’ve taken of children on the Christmas tree lot without their parents in the photo. Here’s what I came up with.

http://wuwm.com/post/wednesday-lake-effect-michio-kaku-year-astronomy-rock-star-astronaut

Words in Great Lakes Review

Keep an eye out for the summer 2014 edition of Great Lakes Review. I’ve got a piece in there and the release event was a ton of fun. The editors did a 7 city tour of key cities throughout the region. When the Milwaukee event took place, 8 writers with work in the issue spoke, including myself. 

Check out Great Lakes Review over yonder

Milwaukee’s Bubblers

Milwaukee’s new bike share program has taken a very appropriate colloquial name, Bublr. I was curious about why Milwaukeeans refer to drinking from “Bubblers” so I went and did a little research. Check out this link below to learn a little about our famous Bubblers.

Milwaukee Bublr Bike Share 

New Poems at My Favorite Bullet

New Poems at My Favorite Bullet

Here are some new poems, some will be in my next book A Device that is called A Vice. Interior Noise Press puts out some work that hits really hard.

A couple new poems on the radio

A couple new poems on the radio

Here are two to listen to which aired during Lake Effect on Milwaukee’s NPR station 89.7 WUWM. The poems start at about 34 minutes in to the program. 

First time hunting

First time hunting

I went deer hunting for the first time this year, something very common in Wisconsin. Give a listen to the experience at this link. Click play and toggle the progress bar to about 45:30.