Entertainment… Review of ‘Every Day by the Sun’ 13 Jul 201113 Jul 2011 I'm not sure that I would have been drawn to 'Every Day by the Sun', a memoir and reflections of William Faulkner's niece, had I not heard her being interviewed.…
Entertainment… People to People Ambassadors 12 Jul 201112 Jul 2011 A few years ago, my son participated in the People to People Sports Ambassadors Program, traveling to Australia to represent the United States. Of course, I arranged travel there as…
Entertainment… Everything Needs Something 11 Jul 201111 Jul 2011 Lately I have been reminded of a conversation that I had with a lady about swimming pools. I was bemoaning the fact that I had sacrificed the money I had…
self-help… Life and Death 8 Jul 20118 Jul 2011 I was listening to Deepak Chopra on Wellness Radio while on the way to work this morning. He was talking to a guest about Alzheimer's Disease and quality vs. quantity…
self-help… Happy Birthday ‘She Writes’ 29 Jun 201129 Jun 2011 Happy second birthday She Writes, an organization of writers - both published and not. She Writes turns two on June 29. Women from around the world congregate here online to…
Entertainment… God and a 357 Magnum 28 Jun 201128 Jun 2011 When we first starting looking for land in Virginia, we met a nice lady who had her own real estate agency. She was a little older than us, quite petite,…
family… If Time Travel Were Possible… 27 Jun 201127 Jun 2011 Last night I watched 'The Time Traveler's Wife', a movie about a man who is able to travel around in time, his wife, and the consequences of his gift or…
self-help… Finding My Voice 24 Jun 201124 Jun 2011 When people discover that I write, they inevitably ask me what I write about. And I usually answer - everything! I write fiction, non-fiction, poetry, suspense, romance, travel stories, humor,…
holiday… Essoyes and the Giant Machines 23 Jun 201123 Jun 2011 The town was nearly deserted - its few hundred residents away at school, work, or shopping in a distant village. Besides a small grocer, bakery, bank, butcher, pizzeria, art studios,…
Writing Channeling Ernest Hemingway 22 Jun 201122 Jun 2011 Ernest Hemingway's first wife lost all of his work at one point in their lives - every handwritten note, every diligently typed page and carbon copy. She was taking a…