—One part story-telling. One part global nutrition advocacy. For several weeks I’ve been racing the weather at Pineapple Hill, my “beach house in a cow ….
Category: Writing
He was a doctor and poet both. His poems were “skinny” because he penned them on his prescription pad.
…MAKING ME READ THE GREAT GATSBY AND I WAS LIVING IN FLORIDA AGAIN. When it snows at Pineapple Hill, my beach house in a cow ….
Speaking out against selfishness and corruption is nothing new. I like this observation from writer Ayn Rand but wonder how it squares with her concept ….
Life is too short. Don’t go through it without enjoying your creative side. Everyone has one but too few take theirs out for play time. ….
Last spring I bought Comets by Florida author Joseph Allen Costa. It’s a collection of linked stories—something I tried with my first novel, Blue Rubber ….
Maybe all writers are. In my case, I like my stories to reflect things I’ve actually done, people I’ve actually known, settings where I’ve actually ….
Based on my enjoyment of Mickey J. Corrigan’s novel What I Did for Love and then The Physics of Grief, I look forward to reading ….
There’s still some copies of my first published novel, Blue Rubber Pool, available at Amazon. It’s an adventure story based loosely on my mid-life meltdown ….
I’m a sailor living inland now—grounded in rural South Carolina where everyday something happens to remind me of the sea: a certain sweetness in the ….
North of Pineapple Hill is the home of Carl Sandburg (activist, writer, musician, historian) and his wife (award-winning goat breeder). We like that the inside ….
This is Casa Marina at Jacksonville Beach, Florida, as it looked when I lived there in the early 80s. Built in the 1920s, movie stars ….