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Falling For Raine (Ch. 25: Savannah)

“Fly low! Stay safe!” I call from the porch as Jessie scooches into her Honda civic. She waves back, probably wanting…
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Falling For Raine (Ch. 24: Erin)

Okay, so I’m wrong. I did sleep. More or less. Hopefully I stayed in my lane this time, no matter where…
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Sappho’s Song for Aphrodite 🔒🔥🔥🔥

The only complete poem we have by Sappho, and therefore probably the most famous, is her Hymn to Aphrodite, or Ode…
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The Most Influential People in Ancient History (Pt. 3)

This post is so long, it’s totally gotten into cray-cray land! 😂 I’m serious! I’ve been thinking about it for months,…
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Dreams of Summer Video (pt.2) 🔒🔥🔥🔥

Hi again! Here's the second part of Dreams of Summer! This video continues their story after the mountain shrine visit, when…
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Falling For Raine (Ch. 23: Erin)

“Welcome to your humble abode away from your… abode.” Savannah pushes open the door to her bedroom with a grin worthy…
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Dreams of Summer Video (pt.1) 🔒🔥🔥

Hi again! I'm excited to be posting the first part of Dreams of Summer! Quite a while ago I posted a…
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Falling For Raine (Ch. 22: Savannah)

I can’t believe how easy it is to talk to Erin—how soothing it is to be with her. Before, I was…
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The Writer’s Journey

Reposting this here for everyone. 😊
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!WIP Ch.15. Once Upon a Zip Line

Wow... It's been a long time since I posted a new chapter of this story. But here it is. Thank you…
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Lady Shinotori’s Message

Remember that message Lady Shinotori delivered to the the pirate chieftain? Here it is! 😄
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Falling For Raine (Ch. 21: Erin)

I'm finally getting back to Raine with a new chapter! Can I admit it's one of my favs? 😄 I hope…
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!WIP Ch. 9 “Lights, Camera… Action?” 🔒

Oops! How could I forget to post this chapter! It's one of the best ones! Anyway, here it is!
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Sappho’s Girls 🔒🔥🔥

Hi! Last Sunday over on Substack, I posted "The Most Influential People In Ancient History" (pt. 2), about Homer and Sappho.…
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Horo Taka’s Meeting with the Pirates 🔒

Hi! I'm back with my latest video effort! Although this site still needs 3 things done before it's 100%, it's so,…
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What Zannanza might have gained 🔒🔥🔥

Hello! Last week on Substack, I posted an article, “The Most Influential People of the Ancient World”. It got a really…
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“Why is there not an empty land…” 🔒🔥

Hello! Here's a new video from Dreams of Summer (the second book of A Gem-bright Year). I’m in the process of…
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Falling For Raine (Ch’s 9 to 20)

Since I've posted up to Ch.20 on Substack, it made more sense to post all of these to get caught up.…
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River Nymphs 🔒🔥

There's a nice stream near where I live, but I've never seen nymphs like these there. I wonder who they're waiting…
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!WIP Ch. 14 “Heaven on Wheels” 🔒🔥

The next Thursday afternoon, around 1600, my phone lit up with Cole’s number. Thursday is one of my short days and…
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Falling For Raine (Ch. 8: Erin)

It’s 3 o’clock and I’m sitting at my desk with my head in both hands. I sucked at the meeting and…
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Field of Dreams 🔒🔥

This is a short (1:44 min) sweet little video for my awesome paid subscribers, to brighten up your day. It also…
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Autumn Rains 🔒🔥

… Some rain must fall. They say it likes it’s a bad thing. 😉 I love the rain. I love rainy…
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!WIP Ch. 13 “My Sweetie Pie” 🔒🔥

I’ve been messing around again, trying to get some pics to illustrate these chapters. Riley created those amazing pics of her…
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How Shinotori became Horo Taka

My most ambitious video yet, from "Dreams of Summer"!
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!WIP Ch. 12 “Behind the 8-Ball” 🔒🔥

I’ve been fooling around a little, think of getting a pic of Jae. And Tee. I know some people might prefer…
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!WIP Ch. 11 “And Now We Meet” 🔒🔥

Two minutes before the appointed time, I stood outside the client’s hotel room, prepped, dressed and ready to go. Ready to…
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Protected: More Water Lilies 🔒🔥

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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!WIP Ch. 10 “Sharking at G4S” 🔒🔥

On the appointed Saturday, a week into the new year, I woke up with a rare case of nerves. I can’t…
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Aphrodite: Nereid’s Kiss #3 🔒🔥

My third image of Aphrodite and a Nereid lover. I find this one especially sweet. Do you agree? Comments welcome!
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Aphrodite: Nereid’s Kiss #2 🔒🔥

I’m offering this image because sometimes a kiss is not just a kiss… I hope you enjoy…
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!WIP Ch. 9 “My Opportunity” 🔒

By now, you’re probably wondering what all this has to do with meeting Cole. Well, everything that happened over that Christmas…
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Aphrodite: Nereid’s Kiss 🔒🔥

Here’s an image of Aphrodite enjoying a Nereid’s kiss. The kisses of Nereids are—as you might imagine—very special! (No wonder the…
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!WIP Ch. 8 “Lights, Camera… Action?” 🔒

There are endless clichés about rock stars: they are high-strung and temperamental; they spend more time in rehab than on tour;…
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Dawn and Dusk 🔒🔥

Growing up, I loved Neo-Classical painting. William-Adolphe Bouguereau is one of my favorites. I loved his style and some of his…
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!WIP Ch. 7 “Sanctuary” 🔒

Christmas day rose up, bright and clear and promising to be warm, but not too warm. I set my alarm for…
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Aphrodite: Mermaid’s Kiss 🔒🔥

… and Aphrodite is never shy about sharing her favors. What could be more sublime than bringing love and pleasure into…
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Nereids Kissing… 🔒🔥

When Aphrodite's away Nereids still play...
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!WIP Ch. 6 “Christmas Eve” 🔒

I arrived home about 2:30 to find out Tee was having one of her “okay” days. Let me explain: if I…
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Aphrodite, Rising from the Waves 🔒🔥

I imagine most if not all of you know the legend of the birth of Aphrodite (or Venus, as the case…
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!WIP Ch. 5 “All I want for Christmas” 🔒

One of the downsides of working for a regional lab is not getting Christmas Eve off. But we don’t return to…
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Water Lilies 🔒🔥

When I was in the 3rd Grade, Monet was one of my favorite artists. I’d just discovered oil pastels (being rather…
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!WIP Ch. 4. Visions of Rock Stars 🔒

Now that you know where it all began, when did it all begin? The Monday before Christmas last year. Monday mornings…
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Dawn and Dusk #3 🔒🔥

I tried out a slightly different style for this image, giving it a different feel. What do you think? Do you…
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!WIP Ch. 3 “Where it all began” 🔒

“It all began right here, in this office.” I stole that line from a movie and if you’re a film buff,…
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Falling for Raine (Ch. 7: Savannah)

I walk into our apartment after dropping Erin off and grabbing a quick breakfast at my favorite café to find Amie…
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Falling For Raine (Ch. 6: Erin)

The sound of a door opening, followed by giggling and a couple of dull thumps, jerks me awake. Great. Savannah’s roommate…
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Falling For Raine (Ch. 5: Erin)

Six flights of stairs are a lot. Growing up in Colorado, snowboarding was my winter workout and I mountain biked in…
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Dawn and Dusk Redux 🔒🔥

This is a more revealing version of the image I posted yesterday. Goddess do not hide themselves… I hope you enjoy!
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Falling For Raine (Ch. 4: Savannah)

Tap. Tap, tap, tap. Tap, tap, tap, tappity-tap… TAP. That’s the sound of my index finger against the steering wheel of…
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Falling For Raine (Ch. 3: Erin)

“Hey? How are you doing? Okay?” I look up. She’s waiting there, Savannah, a worried look still on her face. Her…
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Falling for Raine (Ch’s 1 & 2)

A Work in Progress! Sapphic age-gap, fake-GF romance. Ch's 1 & 2
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A Tale of Two Tales

Because I like to do things in pairs…
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!WIP Ch. 2 “A Delicious Image” 🔒🔥

Where to begin, then? We haven’t settled that yet, have we? Since I don’t have a clear path I can lay…
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About that Joke…

"The Life and (Hard) Times of Shiloh Mars"...
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The Life and (Hard) Times of Shiloh Mars

A little joke pretending to be a short, short story...
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“Take me all the way” 🔒🔥

A post-Valentine's music video...
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!WIP Ch. 1 “Once Upon a Time?” 🔒

How do you like your stories to begin? Once upon a time… ? A dark and stormy night? Do I stand…
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My Untitled !WIP (Work [not!] in Progress) 🔒

The Introduction to my WIP that doesn't even have a title yet! !WIP is a little joke; it means "Work not…
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The Wild One 🔒🔥

Sappho's Ode to Artemis
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For That Girl

The One who slipped away...
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All the Flowers…

Here’s another music video. This one was a hard one to edit, I gotta admit. As always, let me know what you…
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Love is just a Long Goodbye

One of my first music videos of one of the first songs I wrote. Comments welcome…
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Love, Sex and Romance at the Heian court

A brief note on Life's three essentials
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Women Poets of the Heian Era (Cont’d)

Another Group of Extraordinary Women
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More Women Poets of the Heian Era

Lesser known, but in no way lesser.
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Murasaki Shikibu

Japan's Greatest Novelist
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Sei Shōnagon

Japan's great prose artist
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Izumi Shikibu

Japan's Leading Woman Poet
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Jaguar, Jaguar: Full Music Video

The video!
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Letters From First Light

… Or what I think about at 5 o’clock in the Morning
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The Girl They Call Nix

A Video Trailer
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The Heian Imperial Court

The Crucible of Genius
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For Love of Autumn

Another ode to my favorite season
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Memorial Day

A Tribute for the Fallen...
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A “zuihitsu” of my very own?

Just a bit of self-indulgence...
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A Brief Introduction to Heian Poetry

Japanese poetry in general, and Heian poetry especially isn’t much like the poetry most of us are used to. Also, because…
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Pearl Harbor, 1941

Some things don't need words...
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“Winter Whispers” Trailer

My preliminary trailer for Winter Whispers, the fourth and final book of the The Gem-Bright Year.
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Songs for the Autumn Wind 🔒🔥

Yep… It’s done. Uploaded. But I’m honestly in a bit of a daze. If I go on here, I’ll sound like……
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Happy New Year!!!

Here’s the SlutCorp ladies ringing in 2026!
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Clothing-Optional Boxing Day Blooper Reel! 🔒🔥🔥

Here it is! The much-awaited Clothing-Optional Boxing Day Blooper Reel! (OK, I’m probably exaggerating, but hey! It’s me! 😉) A lot…
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Clothing-Optional Boxing Day 🔒🔥

So yesterday (as of 20 minutes ago, as I type this) was Boxing Day! I love the name, but I can’t…
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Clothing-Optional Black Friday! 🔒🔥

It’s Black Friday and Clothing-Optional Friday and that makes it an especially special day at our favorite corporation! ☺️ As I’m…
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Another Clothing-Optional Friday! 🔒🔥

You might recall a certain conversation last week between Rachel, Jess and Ellie… Did Ellie start something last week? Is Mariko…
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Its Clothing-Optional Friday! 🔒🔥

And the SlutCorp ladies are going lunch!
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Oh! The Cuteness!

Some things are just too stinkin' cute...
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AI and Me

Just a bit about how I got here and what I'm trying to do...
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