Guitarist Patrick Golden (The Piscean Creed, Bog Iron, Vulture King) performed the US National Anthem at Cardinale Stadium in Seaside, CA ahead of the Monterey Bay Football Club match on October 25, 2025. The evening was marked heavy fog which…

Cynthia Gregory 5 minutes Writing Exercise – no punctuation              Prompt: Intuition

In mid speech I suddenly looked out the window why I don’t know something alerted me something said Hey Look and I looked there on the approach was my…

Cynthia Gregory 5 minutes Writing Exercise   Prompt: Crimson

Crimson Peak. A luscious movie by Guillermo del Toro. Victorian Gothic. Just what we love to spend time doing together – watching dark, lavish films. 

We met in film school. Can it…

DATE NIGHT!  We love Prince, and hamming it up for the camera.

We had a fun time at the “When Doves Cry – The Prince Tribute Show”, a multi-talented 8-piece Tribute Show to the music of Prince, performed Prince’s Iconic…

I found the blog prompt, “Without you, nothing fits anymore.” and thought I would give it a crack.

Immediately I was dumbstruck with writer’s block – not because I can’t think of what to write but – because I have…

"He who sleeps last, sleeps least" is from my poem in DEEPLY SLEEPLESS: 75 Collected Poems About Life, Death, & Everything.  Purchase your copy on Amazon or Balboa Press.

This is a love poem to the Pirate who sleeps in…

"While my lover's drowsy speech beckons me 

To the silent bedchamber"

This is from my poem in DEEPLY SLEEPLESS: 75 Collected Poems About Life, Death, & Everything.  Purchase your copy on Amazon or Balboa Press.

A love poem- to my…

We went truck camping in Franklin Hot Springs in Paso Robles, California. What an adventure! Love the truck tent. Easy to put up. The mosquitos, not so much. The hot springs was a wonderful cleansing experience. And sharing it with…

Photo credit: James Chang, TOP DOG PHOTOGRAPHY

A small group of MBFC supporters were in the Fourth of July Parade in downtown Monterey. We chanted! We cheered! We let everyone know we are here!

It was so much fun to…

Can it really be that you and I first met 23 years ago today? I remember being in the Saratoga Annex at CSUMB, listening to the Student Voice representative talk, when something drew my attention to the window. 

As I…

19 years ago, in a brief instant, I met the man I was destined to marry. Tall, blond, handsome, shy - he reached forward to shake my hand while his father introduced us. I don't remember his father's words, only…

You have sustained us - 

with fun and Tiki Parties for Two - 

with outdoor movies and Monk Fruit - 

with sweet, sassy, sexy love. 

I worship you. 

Or I wouldn't be able to talk with you 

hour after hour,…

My Muse is the long-bearded guitarist and recording artist, Patrick Golden. We share a passion for Shakespeare, acting, history and historical drama, tiki drinks and gin, post-punk and doom metal, and time well spent in the bedchamber. We are partners…

It's that special time of year when we celebrate our compounded Anniversary. Twenty-four years together, eleven years married. 

These are photos from our wedding day.

It is my tradition to write a poem to the man I love. Here is…