
The Benefits of Planning Ahead
Covid and my bout with cancer made me a shut-in for two years, but since the world’s population was affected by the virus, immobility...

A Revisit: 1971 and 2023- Lake Louise, Alberta Canada
Travelers yearn to visit interesting places all over the world, and with so many sites to choose from, the decision to revisit a place is...

Algorithms are My Friends
‘ Aging Out.’ I heard the words used last week referring to golf organizations whose memberships are shrinking because elderly golfers...

A Pantser's Best Friend: Research!
You already know I’m a pantser as a writer, which means each day I sit down in my office chair, place my fingers on the keyboard…and...


When Truth Mirrors Fiction
With a virgin small-boat cruise around the Great Lakes under my belt, I’ve taken to reading cruise brochures from Viking, Seaborne,...


A Virgin Cruise
Any virgin experience upsets a person’s schema, especially if that human, me, has lived more than seventy years. By now, I have adopted...


Happy Anniversary!
Most couples dutifully celebrate their wedding anniversaries yearly. Comic bits about men forgetting the important date always make us...

In Celebration of Local Bookstores
They’re back! In many small towns across the United State, bookstores are re-taking their rightful places on main street America. Even my...

HOW STARBUCKS SUPPORTS AUTHORS AND READERS
I have relationships with two Starbucks coffee shops in Arroyo Grande, California, and I’m proud of it! You’ve heard about how important...


LETTING GO
Are you at ease with letting go of useless, or irrational habits? I had no idea I was a virgin at dropping silly rituals until I started...