Archive - Organic Matters

I grew up in Wyoming.

Nov 4, 2023 •

I Want My Flag Back

James Boswell (1740 – 1795), the biographer of Samual Johnson (1709 – 1784), contemporaneously offered a fuller context of a statement Johnson said in…

Sep 28, 2024 •

In the Company of Writers

(and a writing prompt)

Oct 8, 2024 •

So Long, Columbus

And a dark character exercise

Oct 15, 2024 •

Returning from Hiatus

Can it really be called a hiatus when I never announced one?

Sep 25, 2024 •

Art’s Role in Moving a Culture from “We/Them” to “Us”

Oct 22, 2023 •

Writer Fellowship

and a Writing Prompt

Nov 5, 2024 •

Writing Exercise: Jealousy

A straight-forward writing exercise this week.

Apr 22, 2024 •

When the Absurd Is All We've Got

And an absurd writing prompt

Nov 20, 2024 •

On Being a Curmudgeon

My middle daughter, referencing these posts, recently suggested, without actually using the word, that I was becoming a curmudgeon.

Apr 29, 2024 •

A Note on Duopoly and a Writing Exercise

Writing Exercise: Experimenting with Structure

Oct 30, 2024 •

I write this morning following a night that suffered yet another American mass shooting, the thirty-sixth this year.

Oct 26, 2023 •

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