So there I was minding my own business, my deadlines set, my story in progress, ideas popping up like weeds in a front lawn. I’d even packed for a three-week trip to Ireland where I was going to hide, hibernate and write until my fingers bled. All alone. On the west coast by the ocean. [...]

Well, besides the great-looking ballplayers performing acrobatic feats in tight-fitting uniforms, anyway. Okay, here are the facts. I’m a lifelong St. Louis Cardinals fan. I had no choice. In St. Louis it’s like being Catholic. You either are or you aren’t. If you aren’t, there’s nothing much to talk about(except to explain why not). My [...]

I can’t actually afford one. But I can’t afford not to have one, especially in this day of multi-tasking, multi-media, social networking distractions. As anybody who knows me can tell you, I’m scattered at the best of times. Always have been. In fact, when my son was a kid, when somebody asked him when his [...]

First of all, do you know how hard it is to find a picture of a juggler that isn’t a bit scary? I didn’t think jugglers were creepy, not like clowns, anyway. But go to the royalty-free sites, and you’ll find some seriously disturbing juggling going on. But that doesn’t speak to the topic at [...]