My Catalogue

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YearTitleMediumNotes
1992A Wealth of Friends
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A children’s story written in verseAn old wanderer comes To Town looking for some good luck and finds himself in the middle of a love battle between rich and poor. This piece was originally performed with musical accompaniment.
1993Coffee with Adam and Todd

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Theatre playJust A slice of Life 2016 play about two single guys trying to get along in Denver in the early 90s. I personally think it’s unreadable but I have been told that it’s not so bad. Anyway, this was the one that got me started.
1993I dream of a place
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PoemA poem about finding one’s place. 
1998The Delicate Task of Listening
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Theatre playA serious attempt at art writing. Homelessness, morning the death of culture, exploring the underbelly of inner city poverty and the ruthlessness of the bottom of the barrel.
2000The Mother Earth Cafe
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Theatre playA play about a cafe in a college town where hipsters and poets try to make sense of the world.
2001An Italian Romance
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Theatre playA purely experimental piece where not only is the fourth wall broken but all of the dialogue is spoken directly to the audience as explanations and no actors actually speak to each other. Written in several different languages very badly.
2001The Bike Shop
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Theatre playA very personal piece about unfairness and exploitation.
2002Listening Revisited
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Theatre playA purely desolate piece of dialogue writing. Written in Italy, this was to me about the end of the road as far as looking for something to build my life on. This is death row with no pardon.
2002Pod Kablukom
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Theatre playAn award-winning play about a Belarusian family in the times of their deepest despair having a chance meeting with an American who has become smitten with their daughter. Written in russian, Belarusian and English.
2002Ownwership
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Theatre/screen playA very personal play about the overreach of family and how familial relationships often cause more harm than they do anyone any good.
2003Two by One
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A Musical Theatre playA theater farce about a farcical theater that was written in Poland during a brief time of great happiness.
2003Being Had
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Non-fiction novelThe true story of being held in Poland for a crime I did not commit. It was a year of my life and I think I did a pretty good job of telling the truth.
2006Tiger and the Hamburger
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Short storyA short story about a boy and his dog
2007A New Friend
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Short storyJenny and Pete find a cat who’s been hit by a car and learn the nuances of a veterinarian’s life and the truth about stray animals who live without a home.
2008The Rainy Day
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Short storyOscar is home alone with nothing to do on a rainy day. Unfortunately, he just can’t help getting himself and his friends into trouble.
2009Nadezhda/Hope
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ScreenplayKind of a part 2 to the play Pod Kablukom where the love object returns from 7 years in America to find out how life has changed in provincial Belarus. Written in Russian and English. 
2009My Father and IDOCPDF – with picturesShort storyCan you have a real love story between a 30-year-old woman and an 83-year-old man? This is the question on the table that the old man’s son needs to answer.
2010Paradise
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ScreenplayA science fiction story of two civilizations deeply at war meeting on a planet that each wishes to claim as their own. Written in English and Mutra.
2012Happiness
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ScreenplayThe story of six young people all dealing with the assigned work system of Belarus. This is kind of like the Belarusian version of the TV show Friends.
2020The Upcoming Elections
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Essays/blog`
2021Green 2021 ecology
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Essays, children’s books and a blog about ecology41 weekly installments (1.6 million words) about life amongst the stupidest generation in the history of history. 
2021Mikey at the RiverDOCChildren’s storyAll Mikey wants to do is play hockey on the river but for some reason, the river won’t freeze this year.
2021Something Wonderful
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Children’s storySomething Wonderful is a rabbit who grows up in a garden and just doesn’t quite understand real life
2021Something Wonderful and Jack
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Children’s storyA second story about the rabbit who grows up in a garden and her meeting with a wild rabbit who knows all about real life.
2021Anastasia the Artist
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Children’s storyA story about an overprotective mother and her talented young girl who just wants to paint pictures.
2021Veronika’s Books
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Children’s storyA book about a young person exploring her talent for making pictures.
2021Two Beans from Grandma Nina
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Children’s storyA Belarusian fantasy about life in the time of the tsars
20215:57 pm
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Utopian fictionSam and Olga are ready to declare their love and their desire to make a child. In the future, this is a very serious conversation that includes everybody.
2021Cat Scratch Fever
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Ecological fictionWhat to do when you’re living with someone who just doesn’t understand our connection to our cats. An Eco story about getting even with the cars.
2021A Kilogram Package of SugarDOCEcological f this year’sictionAnother story about getting even with the cars. Set during the pandemic where a man simply wants some fresh air for his sick mother.
2021Night of the Long Knives
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Ecological fictionYet another story about getting even with the cars. It’s time to choose sides as the Eco war begins.
2022The green food blog
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A blog about the food we eatSo far there are 72 days and 12 weeks about… well, this. 
2022Found in the TranslationTranslationsA book of translations of independent Russian journalists talking about corruption and abusive power in Western Russia during the time of Putin.
2022A reasonable war
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Utopian fictionA short story about a man considering his options on a sad morning in a world where voting absolutely counts and everybody is allowed to live their own lives
2023Utopian Literature(The Utopian!)FolderAnother year’s writing anout the fture and sustainable societiesThe writings include fully realized paper newspaper versions of the Utopian!, literary magazines, short stories, some blogs and even a theater player two. 
2024Another elections
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A less disciplined collection of writings from the yearThis is the least composed of the years writings. I did not have any promises to finish this so it is in here is in here and if it’s good it’s good.
2021-2025The Utopian!
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An ongoing blog / journal about Utopian themes, sustainable lifestyles and just crankiness from the editor.I would say that it’s mostly eclectic but it is literary and determine to be truth-telling. If there is quite a bit of philosophy in there, this is what we are writing about because this is what we need to bring back into the mines of individuals. It’s about individuals fighting the system. It’s about fighting for individuality.
2021-2025THE MUSEUM OF ANCIENT UNWANTED ARTIFACTS BIKE SHOP KOSHER NOODLE BURRITO PALACE THEATER BAKERY POTATO BAR PRODUCE MARKET, VELODROME AND BOOKSHOP
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This is my storage space for my back catalog as well as other intriguing things I thought to put in here. It’s a work in progress but maybe there’s plenty to see.There is also a blog attached to this and it had quite a few posts in it. Now the posts themselves are more advertisers for business in the catalogs. If you want to know what my literary career has been like, it’s here.

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