The Fourth of July is almost here and many Americans, including me, are on vacation this week in conjunction with the holiday. So this week, instead of writing and publishing…
My question for this edition: Do you think that Don Imus should have been allowed to return to the radio airwaves following his dismissal last year? And what do you…
Appetizer What is the weather like today where you live? Digusting. There are hundreds of wildfires burning throughout California and the smoke has been hanging in the air for days…
I am blessed to have many good friends that I have known for a long, long time. They can best be described as falling into a couple of different groups,…
Writers are constantly looking for story ideas and sometimes they are literally right in front of us — when we look into the mirror. But how much personal information should…
Appetizer Do you consider yourself to be an optimist or a pessimist? 100% optimist, sometimes to my own detriment. Soup What is your favorite color of ink to write with?…
Are there times when the use of hyperbole in our writing is appropriate? Certainly, when employed to convey a compliment or express a desire, deliberate exaggeration of the facts can…
That’s me hugging a statute in New Orleans Square at Disneyland, summer 1979.
Appetizer When you drink soda/pop/coke, do you prefer to drink it from the bottle, a can, or after pouring it into a cup? I always have a bottle of water,…
Stereotype: A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image; One that is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type. “North Country” is a 2005 movie…