My dear friend Brian Meredith thought perhaps we could amuse ourselves imagining being ponied up with our favorite author in their favorite pub. Here is a collection of pubs that have lubricated some of the best literature in history. http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/01/09/literary_watering_holes And here is one I’d like to add to the list, “Pop” on Unterestrasse, in […]
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This was a question I asked my three children-Morgan, Tamara, and Tesse, to ponder when I dropped them off at the movies about twelve years ago… Christmas is the time more than ever when families express their commitment and love to one another, but in our culture, we have had to adapt to the fact […]
Fair is fair. So many of you have revealed the most intimate details of your childhood, that I owe you the same. Besides, by entering the contest, I stand a good chance of winning the trophy myself (I sleep with the judge). Mickey looks great in HQ, and I could use a couple of rolls […]
Counting your blessings today? I am. Here I am at Catalina Island with a turkey that did not receive a Presidential pardon. ( I’m the one with the beard. Disregard the title of the novel which has been renamed Almost Avalon and will be in print this spring.) I was twenty one, living alone on […]
…if you have retained some interest in my personal blog, started about a weak ago. Yes, a weak. As in might have been a moment of weakness. You know, the story I started to tell about the girl, the one who apparently found me irresistible, and who, in spite of being half my age (actual […]
…Here is the continuation of the episode that happened just nearby my office (and your clubhouse) in Oceanside. The story began here: http://www.awordwithyoupress.com/2010/10/01/and-you-were-foolish-enough-to-believe-it-was-an-idol-threat/ and continues here… …I love this neighborhood. Decay is only the compost for something not yet blossomed, something with seeds still beneath the surface, and I can feel the earth tremble here, […]
Yes, yes, I know. Supposed to be idle threat. Rank has its privileges. I can make up the rules, even about word usage, as I go along. I mentioned a few blogs ago that I was considering writing a daily column abut the goings on here at A Word with You Press and my daily […]