I didn't manage to post my progress Thursday due to the event, and Friday I had to pack it up because of unexpected rain, but the pillar murals are done. Here are a few photos of the end result from different angles. It is fun to walk through them, like a garden.
I worked on two of the pillars today because it was hot and my shade moved. So here is some of that effort. Hoping to finish one of them during Third Thursday tomorrow and then only have 1 1/2 left. Probably not going to finish until Monday...
I am deeply honored that my poem To the City Planners appeared in Thanatapathy's "Remember Kids, Cars Kill" edited by Bikemore's Coraline Ismael Karim and presented in a reading in July 2026 and in this book issue here.
And I finished the second new pillar today, shown from three angles here.
I got my first of the new pillars done painting today. Here are three views of it.
So I managed to get in three days of painting this week before the threat of rain and am mostly done mapping out my colors. I need to finish one more green and then touch up that color on all of them before I go on to do linework.
Update on the mural: I got all of the blue and other colors but green done, except the black linework. This is coming along quick so far.
My proposal was accepted so I am embarking on my biggest mural project yet, to paint five more sunflower pillars on the pavilion at DCI Park in Hutchinson. I will help to create cohesion and tie the whole of the pavilion together by painting every other pillar to match while other artists do their own unique creative things on the remaining pillars. I am glad to be such a big part of this project. Today I got the blue done on three of my remaining five pillars, and I hope to finish the blue and the alternative colors this week. I may even manage to start on the green but I'm pretty sure the black, which is the most time-intensive, will have to wait until next week at the earliest.
I worked on another Positivity Pollinators sign to go with the Sphinx Moth I did awhile back for all of the placemaking community work Hutch Rec is doing. I think all the signs will be on display again for the Third Thursday in August 2026.
My poem Head Full of Moss appeared in Issue #54 of the Fib Review through Muse Pie Press in June 2026. You can find it here.
Today is the last day of my show at Metropolitan Coffee in Hutchinson. I will be taking the show down late this morning so catch it while you can.
I am excited that my Witch Hayzelle Recipes for Disaster are listed as part of the Kaidenkai Summer 2026 Book Sale! Check it out here.
The Interview, another of my snarky pieces for Gaslamp Pulp, was featured in Issue 5: Superheroes published through Nat 1 Publishing in June 2026. You can find it on Amazon here.
My Letter to Demeter was featured in Eternal Haunted Summer, Summer Solstice 2026 as a prose poem based on length. Check it out here.
My 30,000 Pounds of Bananas short story in modern homage to the Harry Chapin song appeared in miniMAG Issue #207. Check it out here.
I also appeared in Edge of Humanity's Magazine Poetry Anthology for June 2026 here with a reprint of my Evolution of Marriage poem, originally seen through the Interpretations show and book project through Columbia Art League.
After the Strange Play event, Voidspace Live is also doing their own event from June 6 - 7, 2026, also at the Theatre Deli in London. And my Contacting the Outer Planes will be a part of that event also. Again, I wish I could go see it, it sounds like a lot of fun. Tickets available here.
I am very excited to have two stories (and recipes) in Let the Right One Simmer, a horror fiction cookbook compilation available from Campfire Publishing in June 2026. You can find it digitally on Amazon here. It is also available through the Campfire Publishing website if you want print copy.
Another anthology out from Wingless Dreamer in May 2026, featuring my Sacrificial Lambs poem. On Amazon here.
I will be in Hutchinson for Third Thursday today May 21, 2026 during GeoWoodstock to offer the "I Am Grateful for You" postcard project activity, a collaborative project through WCA and Anne Labovitz.
I was also a Finalist for my poem Waning Passions in Sundowner, published through Wingless Dreamer Publishing.
I have a poem in Issue 150, Rest Is Resistance, released through Space & Time Magazine in May 2026. Find it here.
My rant Please Justify Your Paragraphs appeared in Issue 46: Drink of The Prose Poem today, written in response to a different call for poetry that was way too specific on formatting. It's a fun one to read aloud at open mic events. You can read it here.
My Underwater Garden show at Metropolitan Coffee in Hutchinson KS has been extended through June. I am including more Revisitations works as things sell. Everything is priced to move as I don't anticipate showing this series again.
I will also be modeling for figure drawing in Hutchinson tomorrow. And my poem I've never been much of a poet, reprinted after first appearing in Creative Soup Zine, appeared in Edge of Humanity here.
I was a Finalist in the April's Love book out through Wingless Dreamer with my poem When you are away. You can find it on Amazon here.
My first book in Witch Hayzelle's Recipes for Disaster, Let's Do Lunch, is FREE to download on Amazon. Whoever said you can't have a free lunch? Promo runs until May 9! Check it out here.
And today in writing, I also had a lot happen.
In big news, I am the Winner of the Campfire Tales April 2026 Contest from Campfire Publishing's Smoke Signals newsletter! You can read my winning story Interview with a Zombie here.
My Train poem appeared in the May 2026 issue of Instant Noodles: Planes Boats Cars Trains. Read here.
And I appeared in Flash Phantoms again, with short story Blood Moon Over the Back Forty featuring another iteration of the creepy spider-girls from before. You can find it here if you scroll all the way down.
Lots happening today. Everything is hitting at once. So here are some things I am doing art wise.
My In the Garden photograph from Botanica was included in The Metaworker. Check it out here.
I also hung my art at Metropolitan Coffee in Hutchinson, KS again. The show will be up for the month of May. I am offering these works at severely discounted prices as I think I am going to retire this series soon, so check it out while you still can. Scroll down to see details of the show.
The recent Spring 2026 After the Eclipse edition of Roses & Wildflowers included my Fibonacci poem Her Beauty (Is Large Enough to Fill the Sky). You can check it out here.
I missed the announcements when these came out, but I have poetry in I Don't Feel Anything and The Quick Restart through Wingless Dreamer, out earlier this year. I was a Finalist for The Quick Restart with my poem Forsaken.
One of my Displacer Beasts cat photos from my Reversals series was featured in Volume 4, Issue 4 of Audience Askew in April 2026. You can find it at MagCloud here.
I changed out my work at Dillon Nature Center in Hutchinson, Kansas today, to bring some more spring themed pieces and flower photos. I also took my ceramic birds and some pencil drawings of insects.
I was invited to participate in the Strange Play festival at Theatre Deli in London April 13 & 18 - 19, 2026 for London Games Week through Voidspace Zine with my Contacting the Outer Planes piece. I cannot attend but am glad to have my writing included. It sounds like a really cool event. Tickets available here.
My Snow Queen digital artwork from my Reversals series is featured in the Ghosts & Monsters April 2026 issue of Penumbric. Check it out here.
I am supposed to be the Featured Poet at the Ad Astra open mic tonight, taking my Witch Hayzelle Books and more. Come and check it out. The open mic is still happening so you can participate and listed to others read as well. At Ad Astra Coffee and Books in Salina KS at 7 PM.
As a teaser for the coming Let the Right One Simmer book of horror stories and recipes from Campfire Publishing that I will have two pieces featured in, I was interviewed by Aaron Crocker for Voices from the Embers. Check it out here.
