4 min readFlags and FireworksMy father used to get a real kick out of blasting Stars and Stripes Forever on the stereo. He would turn the volume up so high that the...
1 min readSo What’s a Writer To Do?Let’s be honest here. Living on Planet Earth these days is no piece of cake. Truly, it’s become increasingly difficult to find the...
3 min readA Writer So BraveOne of the books that affected me greatly as a teenager was Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. You know the story. Anne Frank was a...
5 min readOwning ItUntil recently, I never paid much attention to the original name of the state I’ve lived in for 30 years. Officially, it’s the state of...
3 min readThe Shadow Knows There was an old radio program back in the ’30s called The Shadow, introduced by these words: “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of...
3 min readThank the TreesIt's late November and the leaves are still falling. Although I have lived through sixty-plus autumns, this natural process always...