Our family has lots of great Dads; fathers of children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren. Overall, they have been, and continue to be, examples of hard work, selflessness, compassion and love. Oh yeah, occasionally they are also there to point out that line in the sand and make sure you know the consequences for crossing it because, well,…
The tendency to abdicate personal responsibility and allow government and sanctioning organizations to preside over us in a “nanny state” runs rampant through our society these days. Whether we are subject to mandates and laws regarding plastic straws, reusable bags, or mandatory labels that the hot coffee just purchased is actually hot, we can’t escape…
The airwaves are awash with the story of thirty-something Empire actor, Jussie Smollett, who arranged a fake crime, tagged it as a racist, homophobic hate crime and completed the story with props (in the form of a hangman’s noose) and a reference to MAGA for the full effect. It is said he concocted this nightmare because…
I am working on my third book. Really…I am. It may be the last in the series, or there may be a prequel in store to address the earlier life of my main character. But today I noticed a problem, if you will, as I found myself on Amazon ordering three new books. They are…
I don’t know how my BFF of over fifty years voted or how she feels about most issues of the day. Do you know why? I don’t care. Our relationship is based on shared interests, sense of humor, and genuine appreciation of each other. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that if I needed…
There are monsters that live in my computer screen. I see them at all times of the day or night; it appears they never sleep. I have noticed they seem to exist in relatively equal numbers of young and old, male and female and the most dominant among them feed themselves successfully on anonymity, ego,…
As Mother’s Day approaches I have some thoughts on motherhood. Where did we get so off track on the idea of what makes a good mother? When did we begin believing that it was expensive and elaborate themed birthday parties, or the complete absence of gluten, germs of any kind, or peanuts within a half…
I am working on the second book in my Silver Shores series. The working title is “Pros and Cons” and I am about 25,000 words into a book I forsee will end around 90,000. Writing has always come easy to me. I’ve written a lot of crap in my life, but I’ve never been at…
It has been a week of devastating news for some of my friends and for me of course, because they are my friends. Terminal illness for one, and a serious diagnosis and surgery for another has shaken them to the core and shaken those that love them. I have begun the process of grief which…
Several days ago a senseless tragedy occurred in a Broward County, FL high school. A senseless act that citizens are now rushing to try and make sense of. But at the simple root of that word – senseless – is the very definition that has many beating themselves and more to the point each other,…