The following diatribe/article/missive/nonsense from me is about writing and some critically important thoughts on writing. Have some magnificent forbearance and a little undulating patience while I meander my way to that topic. Many people think/assume a pentacle is an evil shape whose sole purpose is for use in wicked incantations designed to invoke Satan or […]
Read More →He was dreaming. That had to be it. He remembered some of his Shakespeare – To sleep, perchance to Dream; Aye, there’s the rub, That makes Calamity of so long a life: He did not feel like his life was a calamity. However, he was indeed old – he was completely aware of that fact […]
Read More →I must admit that I find it disturbingly amusing to contemplate how people view the possibility of non-Earth (i.e., alien or extraterrestrial) visitors, especially how they maintain hope and optimism about the potential arrival of said aliens. Unless you learn from history, you are doomed to repeat it (a notion often attributed to George Santayana). […]
Read More →Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. – Mark Twain You don’t stop laughing because you grow older. You grow older because you stop laughing. – Maurice Chevalier The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing […]
Read More →Most people love cats or dogs. Maybe birds. Shoot, even reptiles. Snakes. Hamsters. Gerbils. (Seriously, gerbils?) I love the dung beetle. I know, it just seems so wrong. I think the immediate response of most people has to be “huh,” or some more colorful derivation thereof. A great many people simply stare at me blank-faced […]
Read More →The official publication of the United States Chess Federation (USCF) is Chess Life magazine. And, they just published a short story that I wrote. Also, please don’t start a sentence with and… Anyway, you can read this great short story and also support the USCF, which is a wonderful organization promoting chess and the fine […]
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