Monday, September 27, 2021

The Return of Izanami

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My blogs have sadly languished—some more than others—during the past while. As the world emerged in fits and starts from various pandemic lo...
Monday, August 9, 2021

Cwazy Wabbits

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   “Do you hunt, Dallas?”    “Not for years, Father.”    “I called earlier to Eamon Geraghty. He’s not been well, poor man. He was a gre...
Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Heartland’s Voice

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Because I have long fancied myself a writer, my late, lamented cousin Trudy would sometimes send me short story collections for my birthday....
Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Dates with Destiny

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This is a cross-posting with my Expat Reflections blog. Coming up with titles for a book or a story can be either easy or frustrating. I...
Saturday, April 10, 2021

Wait… There’s More!

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Well, it turns out I wasn’t quite done with the Dallas Green trilogy after all. No, I didn’t hurriedly churn out a fourth book (as if I cou...
Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Phoning It In

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So I’ve been a bookseller for about a month now, and it’s been a somewhat interesting experience. I can’t say I’ve learned a lot about comm...
Monday, February 8, 2021

Bookseller

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Have you harbored a secret—or maybe even a not-so-secret—dream of opening a bookshop? To spend your days surrounded by precious old tomes, w...
Saturday, January 23, 2021

Namesake

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“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under th...
Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Can’t Imagine

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Today is one of those days seemingly calculated to make baby-boomers feel old. Forty years ago on this date in Manhattan a troubled 25-year-...
Thursday, November 26, 2020

Hand of God

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Note: This particular entry is being cross-posted on both my book and expat blogs . Because of my personality type, I find myself compulsiv...