And so 2017 is in our rear view mirrors. 'Tis the time to wax eloquent about what the new year, 2018, will bring. I'm...
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‘Twas the Night Before Deadline
with apologies to CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE 'Twas the night before deadline, when all through the house Not a writer was...
An Open Letter To Charlie Rose
I was going to skip this week to focus on getting ready for the holidays, but I can't without writing this letter....
Ampersands, A Happy Symbol
We've all seen the tee-shirt: "Let's eat Grandma. Let's eat, Grandma. Commas save lives." And every writer is familiar...
National Girlfriends Day
That's right. Today, August 1, is National Girlfriends Day. I might of missed it if my gal pal, Kim Dalferes, fellow...
Paying Homage to Anne Lamott’s Shitty First Drafts
Anne Lamott will forever by memorialized (even though she is very much alive) for coining the phrase, “shitty first...
Summers, Past and Present
You know you're getting more mature (that is a synonym for older) when you think back on the summers of your youth and...
Get To Know a Stranger
We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are. Anais Nin The world has seen too much violence in the past...
How to Annoy a Stranger in Public
We've all had those moments when we wanted to escape the presence of a stranger who trapped us in a conversation. As...
Thoughts Define Us
All that we are is the result of what we have thought--Buddha I wish that more people would think before they speak or...
Casting Call for Mad Max Continues
I indulged in a fantasy when I cast Mad Max’s character. I chose Jamie Lee Curtis or Mary Steenburgen for Max. There...
Doing Research For a Book
You're probably wondering why I have pictures of actors who've played police or sheriffs as the header here. Simple,...