Hey, happy safe-at-home everybody! This week’s blog is an homage to nurses for National Nurses Week (I tried to get it done by Wednesday, but it wasn’t to be), moms, … Continue reading ON SPRING RENEWAL, INTERVIEW WITH AN RN, AND A SONG
Tag: Thoughts

ON FAN MAIL: ERRANDS IN A PANDEMIC
In this installment, or vlog, if you will, we answer your letters and comments, and to follow up on last week’s installment, “But… the Bank,” we go to the bank! … Continue reading ON FAN MAIL: ERRANDS IN A PANDEMIC

ON SONGWRITING IN QUARANTINE
Well here we are again, folks, a few weeks into social isolation or distancing or whatever it is, and probably plenty more to go. Yuck. Hope you’re all holding on … Continue reading ON SONGWRITING IN QUARANTINE
ON HAVING TOO MUCH TIME TO THINK
Tried another VLOG. One take. It probably shows. Whatever. We all have a lot of time on our hands these days. Well, I do, at any rate. So I think … Continue reading ON HAVING TOO MUCH TIME TO THINK

ON TRYING TO BE SMARTER THAN BUGS
Note: this week, no images have been illegally misappropriated from online sources. These are all original photographs. If you want to license any, IM me. Special rates for veterans and … Continue reading ON TRYING TO BE SMARTER THAN BUGS

ON HOLDING THAT TIGER
Research on the South during the Civil War for my next novel, An Honorable Death, regularly turns up fascinating tidbits. I wanted to know about the soldiers, who they were … Continue reading ON HOLDING THAT TIGER

ON DOMESTICATED HOUSE PETS VS. WILD WATERFOWL: A COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY AND STUPID COMPARISON
I have written about ducks numerous times in the past year. At one point, I grew quite attached to a few of them, especially a couple of ducklings, until they went and … Continue reading ON DOMESTICATED HOUSE PETS VS. WILD WATERFOWL: A COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY AND STUPID COMPARISON

ON ATONEMENT AND BAGELS
Technically, this is a big day of reflection and fasting and I’m not supposed to be working, just thinking about things like what went wrong last year, why you were … Continue reading ON ATONEMENT AND BAGELS