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"I write to discover what I know."
– Flannery O'Connor


"Cigarettes and sex are on your breath again..."
Cigarettes and sex are on your breath again
It's cool, I'm the same, the way we kiss...

Lavavoth
Aug 24, 20202 min read


A Spirit Marriage: Celebrating Ten Years of Paranormal Love and Nearly Three Decades of Spiritual Guidance
A reflection on spirit marriage, paranormal love, spiritual guidance, and ten years of intimacy with a discarnate partner.

Lavavoth
Aug 24, 20202 min read


Setting Intentions to Manifest Our Dreams
Exploring intention-setting, gratitude, and mindful practices for personal growth.

Lavavoth
Apr 13, 20205 min read


Meeting My Spirit Husband
Meeting my spirit husband did not unfold in a subtle and gentle way. The initial connection unfolded during a creative surge.

Lavavoth
Jan 8, 20204 min read


Never Let You Down
Do you remember all the sounds, when I found you by the lake, and how the water seemed to call your name?

Lavavoth
Jan 2, 20181 min read


Preface to Blind Love: Fascism, Then & Now
This book has been years in the making, taking dozens of twists and turns that have mirrored moments in my current and past life.

Lavavoth
Sep 8, 20174 min read


A Valkyrie’s Love Poem for the Trees
They have destroyed your
beauty, your canopy that once enfolded me into
your splendor.

Lavavoth
Sep 6, 20171 min read


Head Full of Stars (Unrequited Love Poem, Part 2)
Me, dressed in the finest intentions, glancing over, once, and then–the sky opened up. You were heavenly, frightfully sublime...

Lavavoth
Aug 29, 20172 min read


Hurricane Andrew (a recurring dream and the poem it inspired)
When reality suffuses
our castle in the air,
the yearning resumes its poisoned trail,
weighing the heart.
fogging the mind.

Lavavoth
Jul 13, 20171 min read


Neurodivergence: Battling Dyslexia
Typing is akin to using an Enigma machine, especially if I over analyze the keyboard...

Lavavoth
Jul 11, 20173 min read


Controlling the Uncontrollable: Potamophobia and the Writing Process
What was supposed to be a four-day weekend of editing my story, ended up being a basement flooding nightmare.

Lavavoth
Jul 7, 20175 min read


Latest Photo Acquisitions: GIs, Bombed-Out German Cities & Panzers
After being haunted by the Brandstätten images in December, I decided to purchase original photographs of WWII bombed out German cities.

Lavavoth
Jun 7, 20173 min read


Dear Ryan…
You passed away on June 2, 2016, in your house. You left behind a partner, a two-year-old daughter, a sister, a brother, and your parents.

Lavavoth
Apr 2, 20173 min read


"Puti’s Going to Make Everything OK"
Comedy sketches are ripe with material, and SNL is proving their mastery in this genre. There's a silver lining to these oppressive times.

Lavavoth
Jan 23, 20171 min read


Sieg Heil Herr Drumpf and The New Nuclear Arms Race (Political Cartoons)
A picture is worth a thousand words.

Lavavoth
Dec 24, 20161 min read


He Intoxicates Her: A Love Story Inspired by the Cupid & Psyche Myth
A 4AM sketch of Cupid and Psyche stalls as Cupid’s face won’t take its intended form. Each attempt produces a different man, one that forces the illustration for to follow a face I didn’t choose.

Lavavoth
Aug 15, 20102 min read
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