Monthly Archives: July 2015

OBLIVIOUS?

 There is a song by Phil Collins entitled “Another Day in Paradise” that I like a lot. It is about a homeless woman who approaches a man who is walking by and asks for help. The man, despite her numerous … Continue reading

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Use it or Lose it

 Although I hate to admit it, I’m old by no matter what measure you could come up with. Besides being old, my body is pretty beat up from years of doing all kinds of sports and assorted dare-devilish activities. During my … Continue reading

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FLAT SUMMER

 Notice how flat the waves were in the cover of my new novel? Well that’s pretty much how they’ve looked most of this summer and for the most part most of this past spring and winter. Flat spells such as … Continue reading

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Families are Complicated

 There is a line in the movie “Home Alone” where Kevin is in the church sitting next to his old neighbor and they are talking about families. During their discussion the old man says, “families are a complicated thing”. After … Continue reading

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Do our favorite characters live on after the end of a novel?

 Several weeks ago I watched the movie “The Fault in our Stars’. Besides being a really good flick, it brought out a question I never really pondered before. The two main characters in the movie both liked a specific novel … Continue reading

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