All of It

A splendid time is guaranteed for all.

Apalachee High School Shooting

By now, most of you know about the Apalachee High School shooting in Winder, Georgia. If not, you can quickly catch up. I posted about this on LinkedIn, connecting it to my professional world. I'm going refer to my original post somewhat. The Apalachee High School...

Three Years

Three years ago, in 2021, I saw a couple of spiders on my deck. I had only been in Georgia 5 years, and was still discovering how different the wildlife is from my life in the Chicago area. Always fascinated by insects and spiders, I looked it up, and it led me to...

Joyful Writing

Writing, particularly fiction, for me is a wonderful experience. I've created a world, characters, a plot, and everything else. Sure, I'm drawing from the greater pool of the known universe. Everything out there already exists, so all I'm doing is combining a few...

The Whistling People of Kildare

The people of Kildare aren't like other people. They have secrets. And they aren't telling. Take a listen to "The Whistling People of Kildare," a spoken word piece. A haunting look at a mysterious people hidden in the winds of County Kildare. credits: Words, Voices,...

Spoon River Anthology Review

Spoon River Anthology There is no Spoon River, IL. Check your map. Several towns argue that they stake their claim in being what Masters asserted to be this mythical town. Petersburg and Lewistown, two towns of otherwise minor repute seem closest... but it is so much...

The Raging Giant Blue Goldfish

I have a new book available in print. The Raging Giant Blue Goldfish: 22 Short Stories. As book titles go, that's certainly a mouthful. It's a collection of short stories. Almost two dozen. These are the kinds of stories you might tell on the porch. All of them are...

Now and Then

The last Beatles song is being released November 2. Today. This is meaningful to me because, like much of the English speaking world and beyond, I am a Beatles fan. I'm not quite hardcore, but I know most of their catalog and have a solid knowledge of their history....

Vanity Chat-GPT

Have you done a Chat-GPT vanity chat? What’s your take? Is it really you they are talking about? Or, maybe they've not noticed you enough? Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher,vanity of vanities! All is vanity.What does man gain by all the toilat which he toils under...

Morning Reading

I often start the morning reading. In this case, an old familiar favorite. Any writer worth his salt is an active reader. This should be an obvious truth, but whenever I talk to someone who tells me they want to write well, I ask them what they are reading. If they...

Perspective

Perspective. That's one of those words bandied about in places like LinkedIn. In fact, so often so that we nod, say something about work-life balance, and keep on doing the same old, same old. In other words, we talk a good talk and still chase things that don't...

Where Are You

This week has taken me across the globe. I've had video conferences with people in Hawaii, Australia, California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Florida, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Mongolia, South Africa, and France. Phone calls to Canada and Ireland. Locally, I've had...