WRITING TIP: I often write before I touch a keyboard. When I’m working with a client, I listen. I try to learn their voice and their message. Then I write the speech in my head. Actually, I don’t write it. I deliver it to an imaginary audience. I’ll...
Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in Literature. I don’t know if he cares… or if he doesn’t. We’ve never chatted. It is what it is. I’m a writer. Things like that catch my eye. What I like about it — Bob getting the award — is it...
Reviewing Poetry Translations Years back, I reviewed a number of translations: Hungarian-translated-into-English books. Mostly poetry. While I feel comfortable reviewing poetry in English, I realized how important to know Hungarian culture and history is. I know bits...
Freshman year at Illinois State University… I redefined myself. Wasn’t the first time I rebuilt my image, but the previous time, I fell into myself. No control. This time, I was in charge. I was smart, taking literature courses, I read Kerouac, Ginsberg,...
As AC/DC sings, “For those about to rock, we salute you.” I say, rock out and be free. Creativity is about controlled freedom. And it’s about controlling freedom. Organizing it. Curating it. And it’s about being free from control. All of that...
As the director of the Alan B. Shepard High School Alumni Association, I’m published in Patch. Shepard Alumni Wants You We are looking for alumni. Not just any alumni, but alumni from Alan B. Shepard High School. We’ve got events, humor, and a section for...
Georgia Man Celebrates Jorō Spider The Jorō spider’s beauty is intoxicating like a great painting. See the recent profile about my work with the Joro spider in Patch. Take a look and please join us celebrating the spider in our Joro spider Facebook group....
The Associated Press quoted me in a cool article regarding the Joro Spider. The Joro spider season is coming to a close but the interest increases. Asian spider takes hold in Georgia, sends humans scurrying Take a look and, if you’re so inclined, join our Joro...
The Wall Street Journal quoted me and used a couple of my photos regarding the Joro Spider. The Joro is native to Asia but has moved into northeastern Georgia where I live. In Time for Halloween: Invasion of the Jorō Spiders. ‘You Mow the Grass, and You’re Just...
