Projects

"The Perfection of Imperfection", is a project idea that came about when I was living in Gainesville, Florida. I was working for a law firm and had to make daily trips to the County courthouse. It was during those trips that I began to notice a large population of homeless people that congregated in the park area adjacent to the courthouse and situated between two bus terminals. I began to wonder what their lives had been like and what led them to the street. This book is purely fiction and as the author I have taken great creative license to portray my characters.

"You Call It Apathy...I Call It Truth", is the most exciting endeavour I'm undertaking. This project is a spoken word CD with a compilation of poems chosen from the five poetry books I've written. The initial idea for this project began with a poem I wrote about a nightmare, and with the contribution of just the right music by C.D. Gilbeaux, the piece came together and was well received by people who listened to it.

"Manifesto Of A Dissected Mind, (Silently Suffering)", is a continuation of the original "Manifesto Of A Menopausal Woman". In the first Manifesto, I traveled through the hard times and experiences that defined the better part of my life. This second manifesto explores the idea of delving into the whys of certain decisions and portraying a truthful owning of the outcomes of those decisions. Though there is an underlying sense of sadness in how most things turned out, "Manifesto Of A Dissected Mind, (Silently Suffering)", is more of a commitment to the self, a commitment to making the right choices, and as is the norm for my writing voice, a sense of rage that despite having to own the decisions I made, people took advantage of my vulnerability. The second part of this manifesto is a merging of "Silently Suffering, a project that will take me back through my past to relive some of the nightmares I gladly put to rest. This project was inspired by a young woman that poured her soul out to me one night and made me realize just how widespread domestic violence really is. This is not a statistical journey through the dark world of wounded women crying out for help, but a slap in the face to lawmakers and law enforcers that look the other way. "Silently Suffering", will contain an abbreviated version of individual experiences and a much broader view of how these women are dealing with the trauma in daily life.
"Confessions In A Bathtub", and "Death Personified", is a two act stage play. "Confessions In A Bathtub", is about a woman reaching middle age and entertaining the idea of suicide. "Death Personified", is about a journey alongside Death when he must collect souls and realizes one soul touched him in a way that forced him to experience human emotion.