Category: Writing

i.con.o.clast 1973-09-19

[First published in the SDSU Collegian, Sep 19, 1973] THIS IS IT! … the column that put i.con.o.clast on the map [in eastern South Dakota]… Learn about the rivalry between SDSU and its sister school … the “Penis of the Prairie” versus the “Breast of the West!” Read more… [This column was reprinted in the USD Read More …

Autographed copies available

I have a limited number of autographed copies of Renewal (in paperback) available for purchase directly from me for $15. If you’d like one, please send me an email with your name and mailing address, and I’ll reply with the rest of the information. Of course you may also purchase it in paperback from Amazon without the Read More …

i.con.o.clast 1973-09-05

[First published in the SDSU Collegian, Sep 5, 1973] This column presents a conversation between Stop Ngo Bien, a transfer student from Haiphong Junior College and his RA, Joe Fifthyear, regarding the importance of Hobo Day. Read more…

i.con.o.clast 1973-08-29

[First published in the SDSU Collegian, Aug 29, 1973] Welcome Back Students!! Whoopee, it’s great to have you here! All summer, all of Brookings has missed you: our merchants have lain awake nights wondering what they might have done wrong to make you leave … Read more…

It’s about relationships…

Renewal is about relationships … how they evolve, and how people adapt. It’s about reinventing oneself in response to change … especially to a change in a relationship. “Every day we get to choose what we’re going to do with the rest of our lives. Each of us has one life, and one life only. We have Read More …

Helen’s Story

Excerpt from Renewal … I remember that day like it was yesterday. It was one of those gorgeous, early fall days when there’s a freshness of the new season in the air—still warm, but with a touch of coolness—a very pleasant Sunday morning. Bob had let me sleep in. I could hear him at work Read More …