Poetry for Dogs
My book, Throw Me A Bone: Poetry For Dogs, includes 31 poems written purportedly for a canine audience.
It’s available on Amazon — http://poetryfordogs.com — and priced to generate funds for three humane societies. (Writing poetry is not my get-rich-quick scheme, not a pyramid of dogs with you at the bottom. No.)
Ground Control to Major Scrooge
I feel like an astronaut, waiting to climb atop the rocket. I sit alone.My flight plan is on my lap. It all makes sense. I do know it. I do. But I'm frustrated because I cannot for the life of me remember the entire script at the same, exact second. Of course, of...
Merry Everything! (or “The One-Step Marketing Plan”)
I've just found two great presents in my Hanukkah stocking. The first was last night's dress rehearsal. Jo Anne and I are ready for you. (Are you ready? Tickets and show information are at XMASwithArtie.com.) But This Morning!Columbus Dispatch Theatre Critic...
XMAS Illustrated
Jeez, Louise. All a guy has to do in this town is throw his shame out the window — and nice people come to watch. (You can buy a ticket at XmasWithArtie.com.) Some of those nice people do more than watch. They draw their own conclusions. Thanks to some smart thinking...
An Early XMAS Present
The rehearsals have been challenging and delightful. For several hours a day, three or four times a week, Jo Anne, Matt and I have holed up in a large bunkered, nearly empty conference room (just a podium and a couple chairs) in a downtown office building.We've...
I’ll be here all week. (And next.)
Want a dose of Net Cotton Content Live? Two opportunities: Today......at the Columbus Metropolitan Club. Here's the topic they gave me: The Demise of Polite Conversation: Is Communication on the Brink? Happily, it's a yes or no question. So I can simply stand up and...
A [new] Christmas Carol
When, Where, HowI hope you will join us:Thursday, December 10th, 8 p.m.Friday, December 11th, 8 p.m.Saturday, December 12th, 8 p.m.Sunday, December 13th, 2 p.m., matinee The Van Fleet Theater (190 seats)Columbus Performing Arts Center549 Franklin Avenue, downtown...
Repeat After You
Within a couple hours of posting Matt Slaybaugh's piercing and inspiring Finally, This Is For You, I heard from loyal and inspiring Net Cotton Content reader, Erin Scott. Erin was concerned that it might appear that she had plagiarized the idea — featuring the...
Finally, this is for you
Imagine my good fortune. I sat yesterday in a coffee shop for three hours, writing a play with a favorite teacher.Here, he speaks: Find your mentor. Mentor up.(The play we're writing opens in three weeks. More on that soon.)
God and Man Online
There are more believers than ever before. Not perhaps in the Judaic God of history. I don't know about any gains in popularity There. I do know that many claim atheism. And atheism might be a religion unto itself, as James Wood defends the "Supreme Being...
Where’s Artie?
This is for anyone who actually — go figure — might want to know what I'm up to.1. Sipping wine. If you like wine — or hate cancer — or both — this Thursday in Hilliard, starting at 5:30 p.m. For details about the good cause, click to this page at Haven of...
