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It is nearly Thanksgiving–a day for sipping Boone’s Farm and gorging myself on turkey boobs, Stove-Top Stuffing, cream cheese laced mashed potatoes and all our other turkey day favorites with most of my favorite people–so I felt compelled to spell … Continue reading →

As promised, though a day late, the results from those who participated in my little experiment are set forth below. Check them out and see if perhaps your paths may have crossed. If you want to comment, especially with any … Continue reading →

I was reading a writing magazine with several poems and I thought, “My poems are as good as these, why aren’t my poems in this magazine?” The answer? Because I never sent them in. So I think maybe I should … Continue reading →

How many times have you learned someone you knew was in the same place at the same time as you but you did not see them there? You could have passed them travelling opposite directions on the freeway. You could … Continue reading →

My entire life revolves around words. The one and only constant in each and every second of each and every hour of each and every day is words. If they are not bombarding my vision, melding together in black and … Continue reading →

ETERNITY Days languish in constant motion Like time lapsed photography. No sooner than the sun rises, It falls then starts again. Calendar pages fly from the wall Quickly without provocation. Monday then Friday then Monday again Before I can catch … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking lately–there are hundreds of books on the shelves (several on mine) promising to lead the way to publication. They all have a proven method; write this way, submit this way, negotiate this way, pray this way, and … Continue reading →

OUT OF THE BLUE Here you are again Ever so fleeting But ever so here. At peaceful moments You arrive from nowhere Or somewhere deep within. My hands tense on The steering wheel; I feel light headed As if holding … Continue reading →

To visualize the calendar year, my mind envisions a squished clock—like someone stepped on it at the 12:00 position—where the hour hand travels backwards. As we enter the fall season, the hour hand on my elongated clock is approaching the … Continue reading →

My blog entry last week may have seemed bland and unoriginal. I wasn’t in the right frame of mind to post at that time. While eating some vegetables with dip for lunch, I read in the newspaper my friend and … Continue reading →