All things culture. Faith. Fiction. Fantastic Fridays. (and anything alliterated...)

Everything matters. Poetry by Mark Rico.

Meandering reflections through mystery, meaning, and the mess.

Weekly poems, essays, & short stories.

At Backward Mutters I'll be podcasting poems and posting thoughts on various topics of personal interest which will likely be limited to poetry, C.S. Lewis, and Jesus because, try as I may, I can't stop talking about either.

I tell stories. I help you tell stories by sharing what I've learned in 50 years as a writer, editor, coach and novelist. For free.

exploring softness in a hard world