What’s fair isn’t always right. What’s right isn’t always fair. Strive for what is right. In 1958, only 6% of Americans felt interracial marriages were right. In 2013, more than 88% felt that way. Progress, right? 1967 marked two years…
To Experience Becoming
Writers regularly ask one question of other writers. Why do you write? Self-depreciating responses aside, I tend to confirmation bias the responses as “Because I cannot do otherwise.” Part of that is on me. I cannot remember not wanting to,…
Crossing the Streams
If you’re fortunate, you love what you do for a living. If you’re truly fortunate, you’ll do what you do for a living… with geeks. A co-worker in my current digs knows that if they send a certain email, within…
Loki Eat World
Life, for all of us, changed for the better two years ago when we added Bacchus to the pack. Moose wasn’t alone anymore and he loved the attention from Bacchus. But puppies are high energy, and Moose, now fifteen, isn’t.…
Appropriately Well
Write it well. That’s probably the single greatest admonition that I, as a writer, can take to heart. Write it well. I can research. Read. Interview. Have empathy. But can I ever truly write well about an experience I have…
Butterfly Catch
The Big Move back across the pond we call the Atlantic was over. Our sole remaining Papillon, Moose, had settled into the new home. But there was something missing. Two somethings. Rocky and Gizmo. Moose has always been part of…
Ravagers (1979)
In 1991, my home town was overrun with Ravagers. At least, it was in “Ravagers,” Richard Compton’s 1979 adaptation of ‘Path to Savagery’ by Robert Edmond Alter. Don’t remember it? How about any or all of these: “Soylent Green,” “Mad…
Muse-ik Musts for Your Inner Fan
Last month I was lucky enough to visit the Queen Studio Experience in Montreux, Switzerland. This November marks the 25th anniversary of the passing of Freddie Mercury. That’s an entry all by itself. Maybe later. As we finished our Switzerland by train trip, Queen…