Greetings! If you need some rest from worries and cares, I offer this poem from Wordsworth. It often soothes me; I hope it does the same for you. Whenever even its title comes to my mind, I soon take a walk, or go for a swim, or at least watch … [Read more…]
Welcome to the month of May, so often associated with myriad flowers. This blog celebrates these fragile lovelies. Today, let’s hear from voices other than mine. Keep reading. At the end, there’s a slide show (click the first photo to begin) of all sorts of blossoms. A few writers on … [Read more…]
Stop the travel story presses for the moment! They will begin next month with a peek into our trip to Greece, 2001. Today, however, I wanted to send you a quick note to do three things. To acquaint you with an investigative journalist, Frank Parleto. To give you the link … [Read more…]
My heart is full of tears as I write these words to honor Ruth Mullen, one of the outstanding editors who worked on my memoir, Undertow. Ruth died on Tuesday in a tragic bus accident near her home in Brooklyn, NY. She was 68 years old. She was especially dear … [Read more…]
Greetings! Just a note to let you know that I’m taking a break from blogging until after my website is updated next month: September, 2021. The update will have a separate page for my new book coming out in the fall. The title is: Work Done: A Collection of Flash Fiction, … [Read more…]