Be An Uppercase
I’m angry. I know that isn’t surprising considering the state of the U.S. these days, but I need to get it off my chest all the same. We have a…
The Frankish Kingdom – Clovis and the Birth of Paris
A twenty-year-old barbarian warlord stands at the gates of Paris. His name is Clovis. He’s just defeated the last Roman holdout in Gaul. And he’s about to change everything. n…
In a Million Lifetimes
I have been writing these letters to you in my head almost from the moment you died. There is no real theme, or end-goal with them; they are just my…
Maybe Is A Nothing Word
I had been sober a few years and living in Ohio when I got the call the that you were in the hospital, the result of a drunken night and…
Lutetia – Rome Comes to the Seine
The Parisii lost. Now what? n After the defeat at Alesia, the world of the Parisii will never be the same. Rome doesn’t just conquer – it transforms. Watch as…
Part One: The Parisii
Transcript: Picture the Seine. Not the Seine you know today – no stone bridges, no grand boulevards, no Eiffel Tower piercing the sky. Go back further. Much further. To a…
The Stuff of You
A Letter to my Father I wanted to tell you – I wrote a book. Two so far, actually. For kids because your niece’s little warrior face inspired me. Since…
The Weight of “If”
A Letter to My Father n I must have been about four when Grandma Lupe died. What was she? 103? 130? To the four year old mind those numbers are…
A Little Girl is Burying Her Daddy
A Letter to My Father Tomorrow is Veterans Day. You always called me on that day. Which is funny to me because you served, too. I think it was an…
I Should Tell You
It’s a Sunday in Paris. I have been here a little over two years now. I sometimes remember how surprised and impressed you were that I wanted to move here…