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It's our forty-ninth wedding anniversary this week. She's a patient woman. I just wanted to acknowledge that, get it out there, before the rest of you…
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Vintage
The hardware store guy asked, "What are you looking for?” “My vanished youth,” I said. Technically, I was looking for those little things you put under…
Mar 22
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Red Lights
This week I've been thinking about Josh and Donna. If you're fans of The West Wing, you know who I'm talking about. If not, don't worry. All you need to…
Mar 15
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Shooting it Raw
The man interviewing me here lives in Hong Kong and we knew nothing about each other until the interview started - all he asked for was four photos that…
Mar 11
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Goldend
It's the first Monday in March and I'm in my office, trying to find 500 words before 8:00 a.m. Tuesday. I'm sitting in a beat up old wooden chair…
Mar 8
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Eggs
We get five duck eggs a day from our noisy, messy little flock. That's roughly five duck eggs a day more than we need. The chickens are getting pretty…
Mar 1
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February 2024
This is swell...
I usually don’t put anything about my fiction up here, but I just heard that Reader’s House, a magazine in the UK, is publishing this review. “Between…
Feb 29
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Attention
There was a time whenever my sister would come home to visit my parents would urge her to attend church with them. Eventually, they stopped. The problem…
Feb 23
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Story...
Many years ago, my father told me a story, one I've been thinking about off and on for about half a century. I have no idea if it's even true, although…
Feb 16
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Old
Ole and Lena’s fiftieth anniversary was coming up. They weren’t sure how they wanted to celebrate, but in the end their kids took over. They planned a…
Feb 9
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January 2024
Zero Sum
I’m looking out the window of my office, watching the blue jays fighting the squirrels for possession of the bird feeder. What do you do when you’re…
Jan 26
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Here's something new...
My novel, Between the Helpless and the Darkness, is now available as an audiobook. So, if you have a ten hour road trip planned, here’s a way to pass…
Jan 22
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