Category Archives: Blog

As I went outside around dawn, I heard a rustle in the brush, then deliberate footfalls moving away from me. Turning toward the sound, I quietly walked a few steps, listening. The crunches of leaves were close together…could be a … Continue reading →

The grapefruit is troubling me. The beautiful one the gentleman gave me Sunday for washing his windows. At first he held it toward me and gestured that I should come in and share it with him. “Peel it,” he said, … Continue reading →

A Mitzvah is the ultimate expression of how Judaism views religion. It’s not a specific time, place, or with a specific thing, when or where or with which one has a relationship with G-d. from Rabbi Dov Schochet Sunday was … Continue reading →

I haven’t earned huge money from my writing. The fact that I’ve earned more than all the local writers I know (and there are many), except those who’ve won multi-book deals, keeps me going, seeking to earn a living and … Continue reading →

82% of Americans plan to write a book someday. –from a talk by Mark David Gerson on September 6, 2008.

A Wrinkle in Time is a science fantasy novel by Madeleine L’Engle. Published in 1962, it went on to win a Newbery Medal, Sequoyah Book Award, and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, among others. It was the first tome in L’Engle’s … Continue reading →

Bath tissue has been bugging me lately. I’ve written previously about bath tissue pricing. I was at Wal-Mart considering whether to buy 12 double rolls which equaled 24 single rolls, or 24 double rolls equivalent to 48 single rolls, when … Continue reading →

Pet peeves are the easiest writing subjects, because we have strong emotions around things that annoy us. A big one for me is discourtesy. For example, looking for a parking place in a residential neighborhood, you notice all the driveways … Continue reading →