IMAGINING OTHER POSSIBILITIES: MY CREATIVE WORKS
– Memoirs & Dispatches
– Short Stories
– Poetry
– Satire & Fables
– Art & Photography
updated Jan. 1, 2007
Memoirs & Dispatches
About the Author (March, 2003 updated June, 2003)
Why I Blog (April, 2003)
Exurban Tale #1: Lessons from Chelsea (March, 2003)
Exurban Tale #2: Leaders Out of Place (April, 2003)
Exurban Tale #3: Someone Somewhere Calls My Name (May, 2003)
Winnipeg, Summer 1962: The Smell of Rain (May, 2003)
Closure (June, 2003)
Rhapsody (August 2003)
The Elements of a Good Story (November, 2004) a ramble on the author’s struggle with his novel
The Wisdom of Children (February 2005)
Body Language: Three Public Transit Stories (June 28, 2005) #1194
Wonderful Summer: A Reminiscence (Dec. 27, 2005) #1387
Short stories
Terrible Knowledge (2000) about living with too much information
Living in Our Sleep (2000) about dreaming with too much information
The Box (March, 2003) about the perpetual darkness of depression
The Light Creatures (April, 2003) about living in the shadow of a negligent superpower
Myron’s Tale (December, 2003) about the extremes to which a consumer culture can push us
Amsterdam (September, 2004) about succumbing to temptation
Rehearsal (October, 2004) about the costs of inability to communcate or face the truth
gregor’s story (May 22, 2005) #1155 – a short story set in an ideal future
Police Report (Dec. 11, 2005) #1369 – about how everything can change in a flash
A Christmas Story (Dec. 23, 2005) #1384 – about an unusual encounter with a skunk
The Perfect S (Jan. 3, 2006) #1394 – about infatuation and stereotypes and fetishes and fantasies
Stars: A Short Play (March 14, 2006) #1465 – a flirtation reveals truths about modern relationships
taking caer (June 22, 2006) #1566 – a girl in a post-civilization world learns an important lesson
Miro (July 11, 2006) #1585, Letter to Ariela (August 2, 2006) #1603, The Faeries of Morpheus (August 9, 2006) #1608, and A Game of Cards (Sept. 24, 2006) #1653 – the first chapters of Miro, my first mystery novel
Poetry
Five Unfinished Canvasses (1969-1980)
Lament for Earth on the Eve of Yet Another War (March, 2003)
Reconnaisance: A Sonnet (March, 2003)
The Only Thing (April, 2003)
In The Dark That Turns Upon Itself (May, 2003)
Cruel Summer (July, 2003)
A Christmas Poem to My Wife (December, 2003)
An Ode to Learned Helplessness (February, 2004)
Anthem Revisited (March, 2004) new lyrics for The Times They Are a’Changin’
Driving in Neutral (June, 2004)
Fridge Graffiti (June, 2004)
A Million Guys in Pajamas (November, 2004) an homage to readers
Why Dogs Don’t Weep (May 8, 2005) #1138 – A poem about humankind’s new inability to grow up
moonstruck (Sept. 14, 2005) #1273
The Victims of Civilization (Dec. 31, 2005) #1391
…and where will we hide when it comes from inside? (Feb. 2, 2006) #1444 – what worries me
puddles at sunset (April 3, 2006) #1486 – based on a childhood reminiscence
it’s never a good time (June 7, 2006) #1550 – why we do what we must, then we do what’s easy, then we do what’s fun
Satire & Fables
Losing the Game (April, 2003) fable
A Subversive Announcement (March, 2003) satire
Five Senses Part One and Part Two (July, 2003) experimental prose
Contrivance (November, 2003) fable
Global Warming Now a Spectator Sport (April, 2004) satire
Commencement Address (June, 2004) fable
The Stuff That Dreams are Made Of (July, 2004) fable
An Idea for the Birds (January, 2005) fable
The Migrating Chickadee (March, 2005) fable
Protesters Protest Annual Slaughter of Conservatives (March, 2005) satire
Convergence Bridge (April, 2005) April Fool’s day satire
How to Write Like Dave Barry (July 15, 2005) #1211 – The Dave-O-Matic Humour Writing program
Message from a Mushroom (July 27, 2005) #1223 – What they would say, or are saying, to us
Exclusive: South Korean Clones Replaced G8 Leaders After 9/11 (Nov. 20, 2005) #1346 – A satire on G7 leaders’ dysfunctional behaviour
A Field Mouse Story (March 27, 2006) #1479 – A fable for children
Rufus & Quack (July 21, 2006) #1595, Rufus & Quack — #2 (July 26, 2006) #1599, Rufus & Quack #3 (Sept. 15, 2006) #1644 – Dave tries his hand at a cartoon strip
Art & Photography
Sleeping Arrangements (October, 2003) drawing with PowerPoint
Quantum States, If I Had Wings and Point That Thing Somewhere Else (November, 2003) bird photos
Winter Comes to Caledon (November, 2003) photos
Make Your Own Cartoon (March, 2004) Dave steals clip-art to make a comic strip
Raucous and Stripe (May, 2004) more bird photos
That Don’t Impress Me Much (May, 2004) turkeys on the front lawn, really
Clairvoyant Ruins (May, 2004) sunrise and bunnies, with poetry by Kate Braverman
Learning to Pay Attention (August 17, 2005) #1246 – The author learns to do so by taking pictures
Spring Visitors (April 7, 2006) #1490 – At the bird feeder
Learning from Nature (May 11, 2006) #1523 – Photos and a story of three goose families in our neighbourhood
Dave’s Christmas Crossword 2005: A Message from Gaia (Dec. 21, 2005) #1381
Cultural Divergence After the Crash: Thoughts on The Only Life We Know (June 14, 2006) #1558 – The post-civilization cultural model around which my novel-in-progress in based
