The empty waiting room. I have been in this waiting room at least five or six times a year for the each of last five years. In 25 or
Pain! I want to live forever! (That IS how the song goes, right?) View from my hospital room at UC Anschutz Well, I am still here. It's been about a week since my third back fusion.
Man plans, God laughs -- going on a Hermitage. My dear friend, Toni Binstock, used to say – "Man plans, God laughs." That's probably the best description of what's
They're fighting in the next room. Again. My parents fought a lot. You probably know that my mother is a schizophrenic. She would get wound up about something that she thought happened
Writing involves research. Alex the Fey #8 is about getting to the Tamu Massif My friend, Dan Blank, says that readers are fascinated with what I go through to write the Fey books. I'm not sure that
Season of Zucchini -- Fall Garden Soup This is truly my favorite soup. It takes a while to cut everything up, but it's really great. I've made it
Season of Zucchini -- Zucchini Muffins It seems to happen every year. At some point in the summer, we are inundated with zucchini. This year, we have more than usual because.
This too shall pass When it does, what do you want your country and world to look like when it does? This post is a replay from 2016 Listen
We are not dancing in the light. We are merely burning our own shadows and calling the resulting fire "light." One of the things that surprises me the most about
One thing that dragged me forward when I was desperately ill. Or my love of "Chef's Table" "It's hard to feel any kind of confidence when everyone tells you
Fiction Friday -- What an author can learn from the story song? "Captain's Daughter" from Johnny Cash: Forever Words I've been ill and stuck in our taxes for a while. As
"Would Paddie say 'bedclothes'?" Question from a Denver Cereal reader One of the reasons that I am dedicated to writing traditional serial fiction is this kind of contact with
