I found this photo of my younger self sailing across a frozen lake near Rockford, Illinois, where I spent my high school years. It reminded ….
Category: Writing
Finding a critique group has not been easy from my roost in Union County. At first, I sat in during a few “Writers night Out” ….
—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 ….
He was a doctor and poet both. His poems were “skinny” because he penned them on his prescription pad.
I HAD A DREAM THAT JEFFREY EPSTEIN WAS HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER AND HE WAS MAKING ME READ THE GREAT GATSBY AND I WAS LIVING ….
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. ….
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 ….