This is an open letter to the First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden. Dear Dr. Biden, I belong to a group of ten women all of whom...
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I Will Go On The Record…
...to say that "age matters." To say it doesn't belies the fact that age drives nearly everything we do from birth to...
Who Can You Believe?
That's the primary question Clifford Garstang asks in his latest novel, OLIVER'S TRAVELS. I'm a long-time fan of his...
Staying True To My Roots
No, I don't mean the color of my hair. It's silver-white by nature. What I mean is I can't and won't walk away from...
Breathing Life Back Into This Blog
After an absence longer that I thought it would be, I'm resurrecting this blog. During the pandemic last year, I wrote...
A Rerun of a Classic
'Twas the Night Before Deadlinewith apologies to CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE 'Twas the night before deadline, when all...
A Review of Anthony Doerr’s CLOUD CUCKOO LAND
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony DoerrMy rating: 5 of 5 starsWhen my book club decided to read Doerr's latest, I was...
Introducing BETRAYAL
It took longer than I thought, but at last I can announce that my latest thriller, BETRAYAL, is days away from...
#Election2020
If you're like me, you've had it up to here with all the election noise clogging the ether. Vote for my guy. Your guy...
Twas the Night Before Deadline
I always rerun this post just before Christmas in honor of the angst my fellow writers and I often feel. I hope you...
#LookingBack at 2020
Do you remember...Oh, stop rolling your eyes. This is not an "OK, Boomer" post. It's about 2020. Do you remember when...
Pods, Pods, Pods
I've been thinking a lot about pods lately. All kinds of pods. Pea pods, to be sure, since the harvest is in and...