Writing Why Words Matter 13 May 2013 Why Words Matter - click to read more and to get a review of GATSBY!
spiritual… Blue Ceiling with Yellow Stars 14 Mar 201314 Mar 2013 "I have finished that chapel I was painting. The Pope is quite satisfied." - Michelangelo My friend Paula and I had set out to Italy to fulfill a nearly lifelong desire…
Entertainment… Easy Reading is Damn Hard Writing 1 Dec 20121 Dec 2012 I have known people who thought the ultimate criticism was to have someone tell them that their manuscript was easy to read. And I have known commenters who snickered about their…
Entertainment… An Autumn Walk With Gretel 21 Oct 2012 These two are my precious loves - my son Caleb, and my dog-ter Gretel! This was taken about a week ago on Gretel's first birthday. We celebrated by buying her some…
spiritual… Turning Fifty 13 Sep 2012 By the time we hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons. We have found out that only a few things are really important. We have learned to take life…
Entertainment… Atalaya Castle and Arts and Crafts Festival 23 May 201223 May 2012 Enter here, my friends, right through the door of the imaginations of a pair of artists and art historians, Archer and Anna Huntington. Located inside of Huntington Beach State Park,…
Entertainment… Quotes for Writing and Life 19 Apr 201219 Apr 2012 I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it…
Civility… K is for Karma 12 Apr 2012 Do you believe in karma – the acts and energy that you put out in the world being returned to you? F. Paul Wilson said, “Your believing or not believing…
Entertainment… Why I love Venice, Italy 16 Feb 2012 Several of you who have found me on Facebook or were already FB friends have asked about the picture of me there. It is one of my favorites - not…