BE A BOOK LOCAVORE
As a proponent of local bookstores, I urge readers to make the effort to seek out those bookstores. You’ll come away with a positive feeling.
BRICKBATS AND BOUQUETS — THE WRITER’S LOT
Book reviews are anything but irrelevant to a writer. True, a rave doesn’t guarantee that a novel or story collection will fly off the shelves; nor does the opposite forecast a flop. But we’re talking percentages.
HALF A CENTURY OF SCRIBBLING
Why write? A question I’ve been asking myself lately. I’ve been writing for so long that it’s become as natural, and essential, as breathing.
MY LATEST NOVEL IS SOMETHING OF A DEPARTURE FOR ME
My 11th work of fiction continues a shift in the kinds of stories I’m telling these days. What was the turning point?
MEMORIAL DAY 2023
Memorial Day, 2023. LCPL CARROLL FANKHAUSER, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines. 8/24/65 PFC ROBERT FERNANDEZ, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines. 6/20/65 CPL BRIAN GAUTHIER, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines. 7/11/65 LCPL REYNALDO GUZMAN, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines. 1/25/66 1STLT...JOURNAL OF A PLAGUE YEAR #42
After outrunning it for two and a half years, Covid finally caught me about the middle of last month and clung to me for a solid two weeks. It affected me more seriously than the rest of my family (see previous post), as if it were vengeful because I’d eluded it...CORRECTION
In the third paragraph of the recent post, JOURNAL OF A PLAGUE YEAR #41, “sister and brother-in-law” should read “sister-in-law and brother-in-law.” My sister, Patricia Esralew is NOT ill with COVID. My apologies for the misunderstanding.JOURNAL OF A PLAGUE YEAR #41
The Biden administration has come out with a couple of howlers in the past two weeks or so. The first was delivered by the Vice-President, responding to an interviewer’s question: “The border is secure.” The second, more recent chuckle-worthy comment was uttered by...JOURNAL OF A PLAGUE YEAR #40
Anastasia, our middle granddaughter, tested positive for Covid last week, following an 8th-grade field trip, and was quarantined. To the great relief of her parents and grandparents, her symptoms — fever, cough, fatigue — were fairly mild. She’s now almost completely...
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