2012 was an interesting year for my writing.  A germ of a story that had sat dormant for nearly 40 years popped into my consciousness.  I began to play with it, labeling it a "guilty pleasure", because it was absolutely something I never intended to write.  It was seeded in a Shakespeare class in college, then morphed a few years later into a scrap of a sci-fi fan-fic story.  I do not do either of those things.  I was…

It’s that time of year!

Make some music.  Feed the Hungry.

Dear Friends,  I invite you all to listen to my original Christmas song,  Santa, Won’t You bring Me a Valentine? 

 It’s a light, sexy, retro alternative to all the same old same old.  It’s also the 2009 winner of the Special Music category of the Great American Song Contest.

Right now, “Santa” is getting airplay on a…

Sunday, July 24, 2011

         For some reason, I find myself thinking today about job interviews I’ve been on.  Job interviews are the first dates of the business/academic world, when everything hinges on first…

      Oh, the utter shame. 

      I am sure I am the only one among us who has ever had a rat in the house.

     This is surely a clear sign of some deep moral failing on my part, but this is my season for…

       How it's possible, I have no idea, but my sixtieth birthday is upon me in the next few days.  In the ramp-up to this event, I've experienced a bizarrely wide range of events, from major travel (absolutely perfect, thrilling, soul-expanding), to a major medical situation with my Loved One (not so thrilling, but also soul-expanding in its way).  Now I'm in the midst of re-organizing and re-decorating my office/writing…