I'm a freelance writer based in Hermosa Beach, California. Born in Illinois, raised in Las Vegas, and educated at Washington State University, I bring a varied and wry perspective to my writing. I recently returned from two years living abroad on the Micronesian
+ more bio informationYARE, Venezuela - It's the Roman Catholic feast day of Corpus Christi and a parade of demons dances through the village streets to the steps of the church. Here an audience gathers as a priest makes an offering of the Holy Eucharist. The hallowed gesture brings the costume demons to full submission and the crowd to elated cel... More..
The knoll slouched away from the wind,It bore a skeletal tree, charred into a claw and clutching up from the earth for air,It's corrugated bark flaked beneath the fingers of a hangman's knot.The condemned spy cut a sharp silhouette in the ailing sky,He fooled no one as a teacher, his gate too mutinous, his eyes calculating an... More..
NOW, WITH 120 PERCENT MORE CHEESE FLAVORING!"The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of his ass." General Joseph StillwellMother Teresa: tireless champion of the world's downtrodden for 50 years - slacker.Albert Einstein: physicist, philosopher, genius - half-wit.Shaquille O'Neal: 7'2", 330 lbs. Excellent at placing a ru... More..
The cock-fighting arenas of George W. Bush's White House are no place for a young, educated man to earn his stripes - I understand that now. My first week was marred by several falls on the gore-slickened floor, one resulting in a plunge into a sluice canal leading from a drain at a low point in the fighting pit.Unlike many o... More..
Kris Hemstreet
Hermosa Beach, California US
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