Halloween has always been special to me. A night of dreams and horror coming together in a twilight dance for both young and old alike. It's a night where we honor our pagan traditions and celebrate how those have evolved with us. There is a beauty to parents joining their children out in the neighborhoods,… Continue reading Halloween
Month: October 2018
Flint Fright FilmFest 2018
When we started things in 2011 with a horror convention I don't think any of us would have imagined where we'd be in 2018. Most groups that work on conventions either make it or don't, and let's be honest, most don't make it. I don't know if it's strictly financial as much as it is… Continue reading Flint Fright FilmFest 2018
The Difference A Week Makes
A week ago right now I was about to go to lunch at my job. I knew what was coming, that I was going to be fired, but I still had to go through the motions of the day. So that meant lunch. I had an inkling that I was going to be let go… Continue reading The Difference A Week Makes
Do-Over
Starting over is never easy, and rarely sought after but it's a reality of the world. Starting over at forty-four was not what I was hoping to do at this point in my life. Not to say that I ever had some grand plan for things. I tend to build with the blocks from where… Continue reading Do-Over
Letting It Go
It's a heck of a thing to be able to walk away from the last word. To close your mouth, push your tongue against the backs of your teeth, and to set your jaw firmly. Harder still when you feel, as most of us do from time to time, you have been wronged. I HAVE… Continue reading Letting It Go
A Punk Rock Rummage Sale
For me, I never started out wanting to do events. Not in any sort of way. Shoot, go back to my life before I moved to downtown Flint and I would never have thought once about putting an event together. No, for me it was work, the freedom of my own place, and writing. I… Continue reading A Punk Rock Rummage Sale
