Extravaganza!

Extravaganza!

In almost every book there is inevitably a grand scene that reveals some kind of pomp and circumstance…be it a graduation, a coronation or a...
Witch Hunt?

Witch Hunt?

I thought long and hard about this article and finally decided that I’d take the risk of posting it. Risk? Because I’m going to state how I ...
A Change of Medium

A Change of Medium

We've all done it—written articles for newsletters or writers' sites in an attempt to pass our knowledge on to others. Usually I can...
New Horizons

New Horizons

As a kid all the cartoons I liked—Spiderman, Bionic 6, Captain Planet, Galaxy Rangers—pushed the boundaries of convention. I do admit I like...
Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

I'm woefully ignorant about champagne and wine in general. So when a friend sent me the following (to help part the veil of wine ignoran...
Counting Down

Counting Down

My mother use to load my sister and I into the family car (decked out like Randy from Christmas Story) then carefully camp out on the curb e...
A Moveable Feast

A Moveable Feast

Most of you know by now, my night job—the one that pays the bills—is as a Respiratory Therapist at a hospital. Working full time as a staff ...