She's Cuban, so you know she's gotta like the cigars.

( Read more... )

Hey...hey thanks Buddy ( Read more... )

No, it's not any cool sort of Hollywood party. But it will be your chance to support an up and coming writer (me). If you're reading this, send me an email with your address and I'll send you a formal invitation. You've got to send it this morning though because the publisher needs the list yesterday. Anybody can get in, of course--it's a regular ( Read more... )

Goodnight Nicki
Goodnight my life
and merry Christmas to the Beautiful, Constant Thing.

We've gone a long way Babe
through 2,000 mile drives up to Niagara Falls
and countless fights
but 2x the kisses
and whispered good nites.

You know where I come from now
and I am as much yours
as the weight of water
holds down sand on the ocean floor.

Most of the time we would just take little daytrips like that. Sail a couple hours, get sunburned, and then come back and eat. Occasionally we’d make overnight trips out to a jungle island called Anclote Key. This is a four-mile long stretch of sand, covered in palm trees, pine trees, and mangroves. Going out there for one weekend, Matt and I left ( Read more... )

Tampa, Florida is the place I live now. In my house I have a 7’4” Westwind surfboard hanging from the ceiling, an old tourism poster for the Semana Santa (holy week) festival in Seville, Spain, and lots of blown-up pictures. One is of my girlfriend Nicki laying in bed at the Haywood Park hotel in Asheville, NC. Another shows my brother Chris behind ( Read more... )

I went out to inspect bridges on Tampa Bay last week. This is what I look like when I'm inspecting bridges. Very serious, smart and professional looking, I know.


( Read more... )

YAY! I like happy photos!


( Read more... )

Until that day I shall use MS Paint.


( Read more... )

YAY! I like being in the "new arrivals" section at the USF bookstore!
That's my book in the middle. Underneath "The King."


( Read more... )