December 4, 2024 Until the other day, one of the ginkgo trees in our back yard stubbornly resisted the onset of winter. The leaves stayed bright, keeping a trace of green while other trees faded to dull brown. Then, like a stripper at last call, everything came off in a hurry. The life of an… Continue reading Writing the natural way
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Things I no longer need
November 7, 2024 Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com I'm on an eviction binge. Not like the rotten Michael Shannon character in 99 Homes (clip below), who puts people out on the street so he can flip their houses. This movie is streaming on internal territory. Instead of hard-pressed families, the "victims" are parts of… Continue reading Things I no longer need
My new short story: “Maddy’s Mountain”
July 29, 2024 Photo by Spencer Selover on Pexels.com A young woman who's had a hard life walks up a mountain late at night and is never seen again. Everyone thinks they know what happened, and lots of mean gossip is going around, but her sister Michele won't give up the search. Fighting through her… Continue reading My new short story: “Maddy’s Mountain”
My new short story: “Welcome to the Hundred-Mile-High Club”
June 11, 2024 Photo by Matt G on Pexels.com It’s 2035. The space tourism industry that began in the 2020s is now a booming business. Rockets blast off every day, carrying scores of eager passengers on short, expensive rides far above our world. One of the tour companies is StarMagic, which offers its customers a… Continue reading My new short story: “Welcome to the Hundred-Mile-High Club”
D-Day as seen by a legend
June 6, 2024 My introduction to the story of D-Day didn’t come from Saving Private Ryan or The Longest Day. I learned about the events of eighty years ago from the book above, a collection of war reporting for The New Yorker by the great A.J. (Joe) Liebling. It belonged to my father, who also… Continue reading D-Day as seen by a legend
Buy this book. Forget the cover.
March 21, 2024 I confess to being a bit of a Luddite about AI. Now, I'd never smash a computer the way the original 19th-century Luddites wrecked textile machines they feared would steal their livelihood. Nor will I emulate one Ludlow B. Condiment of Dead Stump, Georgia, who took a shotgun to an uncooperative lawnmower,… Continue reading Buy this book. Forget the cover.