“Getting Into Things I Should Not”

Okay, my better judgment is not to write this post…   Writing my books, promoting them, and inserting some hopefully helpful posts to other author comrades, these are the main reasons I’m at all involved in this magical world of cyberspace — this maddening social complex that includes Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Author Networks, widgets, tags, links, settings, you name it, […]

“The Snow Bench”

“The Snow Bench”      In viewing its cold bitter beauty, that could be my body buried under the snow on that lonely bench. In a warmer June I sat with a young nose-freckled, fresh-faced lass, held her hand, and told her that I loved her. Her smile that responded to my words is etched forever in my […]

“The Sunshine Room”

“The Sunshine Room”      On consistently cloudy days outside, on dreary wintry days, on ‘bad news’ days, it would be nice to have a ‘sunshine room’. In our rapidly expanding digital and technological world, there is likely already a relatively simple mechanism of sorts that will illuminate a room, maybe an entire house, as though the sun […]

The World Of Routines

I’m often struck by the relative robotic nature of my days. Some might call them ‘ruts.’ All along my life’s circuitous route there have been routines established, apparently somehow orchestrated by my exclusive DNA components. Surely we all have our idiosyncratic ways of living. Some of us are slow in our movements, not eager to have a […]

“The Booker Award”

There is the ‘Liebster Award,’ the nomination for which I thank my friend and fellow author, John Dolan – a recipient himself of this highly prestigious little ‘stickum.’ It is my pleasure again to receive a nomination for the highly coveted ‘Booker Award,’ my great thanks going to another author and blog buddy, Jhobell Kristyl. These […]