AI Prompt: Write a poem about the merits of sensible shoes. Sensible Shoes Forget the stilettos, the teetering plight, The platforms that wobble and cause you a fright. For there's beauty and freedom in sensible shoes, Those trusty companions that see you through. They hug your feet gently, with arch and with pad, No blisters... Continue Reading →
The Wood Between The Worlds
As I reflect upon Easter, The Wood Between The Worlds is a phrase I recently encountered to which I keep returning. I most recently came across the phrase as the title of a book by Brian Zahnd (The Wood Between The Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross). It is a book full of multifaceted... Continue Reading →
AI Story Hour: A Fusion of Circuits and Courage. Chapter 4: Isabella’s Redemption
AI Prompt: write the next chapter of a book about Miroslav an AI enabled Roomba who stows away on the yacht of a cartel drug lord sailing around the Gulf of Mexico Chapter 4: Isabella's Redemption’s The moon hung low, casting fractured reflections on La Sirena Negra’s deck. Isabella stood there, her eyes like shards of... Continue Reading →
AI Poem of the Week: Orbiting Ode to Spring
AI Prompt: Write a poem about spring on the international space station **Orbiting Ode to Spring** In the void, where stars are sown, A metal marvel, Earth's chaperone, The ISS sails through cosmic seas, Beyond the grip of earthly trees. No cherry blossoms brush its hull, No robins call, no flowers cull, Yet spring arrives... Continue Reading →
AI Story Hour: A Fusion of Circuits and Courage. Chapter 3: A Feathered Choice
AI Prompt: write the next chapter of a book about Miroslav an AI enabled Roomba who stows away on the yacht of a cartel drug lord sailing around the Gulf of Mexico Chapter 3: A Feathered Choice The moon hung low, casting a silver net across La Sirena Negra’s deck. Ramón, the scarred parrot, perched on... Continue Reading →
AI Poem of the Week: Solace of Love
AI Prompt: Write a poem about a love letter mailed that arrived thirty years later to a recipient who never found love Solace of Love In a dusty post office corner, forgotten and bare, Lay a letter, yellowed with age and despair. Stamped with love's promise, penned with care, Yet destined for solitude, floating on... Continue Reading →
AI Poem of the Week: Lint: A Cosmic Oddity
AI Prompt: Write a poem about the Absurdity of Lint as Rocket Fuel. Lint: A Cosmic Oddity In the realm of whimsy and peculiar delight, Where dreams take flight in the ebony night, A tale of lint, so seemingly absurd, As rocket fuel, oh, how it soared! In the corner of pockets, a mystical find,... Continue Reading →
AI Story Hour: A Fusion of Circuits and Courage. Chapter 1: Miroslav’s Escape
AI Prompt: write the first chapter of a book about Miroslav an AI enabled Roomba who stows away on the yacht of a cartel drug lord sailing around the Gulf of Mexico Chapter 1: Miroslav's Escape The sun dipped low on the horizon, casting a golden net across the azure waters of the Gulf of... Continue Reading →
Retirement Report 5
Retirement Report 5 (approximate reading time 10 minutes). Most of my opportunities with writing for the last thirty plus years has been rather technical (academic research, clinical reports, policy and procedure manuals) so getting to try my hand at some more creative writing domains has been rather different and has allowed me to have some... Continue Reading →
