Fruits of Labor
Each of us has one talent we excel at above all others. it is my belief that it is an innate gift given to us by God to help get us through life. Perhaps we have always possessed it, even before mortality. This is not to say each of us is unable to develop our own abilities, but natural ability seems to play a large part in helping to define our character.
For me, the ability to write has long been considered by many my inate talent. Perhaps this is true. In any case, to me, writing is a means by which I may give life to the thoughts that swim deep in the recesses of this brain of mine. It is something I love, and something I would love to do for a career one day.
This portion of my site is dedicated to showcasing some of the fruits of my creative muse. Some is fiction, some most definately reality.
Fiction
Dreamlight
What are dreams? Some consider them the unrestrained release of our inner conscious desires. Others believe they are merely the mindless firing of nurons without conscious thought to guide them. But what if dreams were a conduit - a gateway into lands never explored? And what if one had the innate ability to dream with such lucidity that there becomes no differentiation between our waking world and the world of their dreams? Read more
A Requiem for Peace
Angeles Creid is an agent in Haven's Peace-Enforcement Administration. He is loyal to his city and devoted to his family. But it wasn't always like that. Once, Angeles Creid had another life deep in the lowest bowels of the Undercity. For many years, Angeles has been clean ...
But Angeles's past is coming back. The mysterious death of a reformed undercity criminal leads Angeles down a dangerous road of corruption, intrigue and memories better left buried.Read more
Sins of the Virtuous
In 2084, our world parished. Ninety percent of humanity died along with it. Five hundred years later, the remnant has been migrated to a celestial body known as Pantheus - a world as similar to earth as it is different. Nobody remembers the old world, nor the events which forced them to be taken beyond the known universe. Some speculate an invasion which drove humanity to abandon their world. others believe a great cataclysm wrot by their ancestors forced the old Gods to attempt to save the few humans who were left.
It has been five hundred years since then, and Humanity is at peace on Pantheus with the world's custodians, the Cyrom. But deep beneath an island set apart from the world, a molevolent entity stirrs restlessly, and one young man is about to see the end of everything he ever believed in.Read more
Dust in the Wind
The old cliche says "love conquers all". But I know differently. I have experienced true love - a summer I will never forget. Her name was Lilianne, and she was my everything. How I wish I could have kept her forever. Sometimes, it feels like we are merely dust, blown about by a relentless wind.Read more
Non-Fiction
A Bride Born from a Sneeze
The Story of how I met my wife. Most definately not to be confused with How I Met Your Mother. Read more
The Girl Who loved Too Much
Love is a force greater than any other. Reason and logic are cast aside in its need to be brought into being. Hate, though potent, inevitably pales in comparison to this force so overwhelming, some would give their very lives to have it. It is a potent drug which has the power to render other aspects of life meaningless. But what happens when lovers part while one is still attached? What are the lengths we will go to keep the one we love. Some would kill to save the one they love. But what happens when one would kill to keep the one they love from leaving?Read more
Techie Termoil
Thankless jobs - we've all probably had at least one. Helping the American and Canadian people access their precious technology before their whole world comes crashing down and their fragile minds explode was mine. I've been verbally spat at and slapped and kneed in the testies, all in the name of quality service". Here is just a taste - a day in the life of a tech support tool. WARNING: This story contains colorful language and scenes of actual human rediculousness.Read more
Articles
Planting Seeds of Community Growth
This Article was featured in the August 2010 issue of Synergy Magazine here on Vancouver Island. It was written to promote the Farm at Cedar Woods, a non-proffit organization committed to teaching self-reliance and employable skills to persons with developmental disabilities and brain injuries.Read more
Planting Seeds of Self-Worth
This Article was featured in the September 2010 issue of The Navigator, the official campus newspaper of Vancouver Island University here on Vancouver Island. It was written to promote the Farm at Cedar Woods, a non-proffit organization committed to teaching self-reliance and employable skills to persons with developmental disabilities and brain injuries.Read more
Doccumentaries
Shining Forth Prosparity
This documentary tells the story of the Farm at Cedar Woods and the students it helps. It features interviews from the Cedar Woods staff, students and volunteeers, and members of the Nanaimo Association of Community Living. It was written and narrated by me. It was compiled and edited by Paul Manly of Manly Media using Apple Final Cut Professional. It features music from the album Ambiance, composed and performed by Guy Langlois, the farm director.Watch the Documentary