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I am a lifelong Democrat. The first national election I voted in was in 1964 — LBJ vs. Barry Goldwater. You may then count me in the chorus calling for Joe Biden to quit the current race and make way for someone mentally and physically fit to lead this great...Memorial Day 2024
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Patagonia, Arizona — Yesterday, Tuesday March 19, was election day here for the Democratic primary. While I was walking home after voting, I couldn’t miss the handsome, inspiring flag snapping from a yard only two houses down from the polling place in the...BE A BOOK LOCAVORE
As a proponent of local bookstores, I urge readers to make the effort to seek out those bookstores. You’ll come away with a positive feeling.
BRICKBATS AND BOUQUETS — THE WRITER’S LOT
Book reviews are anything but irrelevant to a writer. True, a rave doesn’t guarantee that a novel or story collection will fly off the shelves; nor does the opposite forecast a flop. But we’re talking percentages.
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Why write? A question I’ve been asking myself lately. I’ve been writing for so long that it’s become as natural, and essential, as breathing.
MY LATEST NOVEL IS SOMETHING OF A DEPARTURE FOR ME
My 11th work of fiction continues a shift in the kinds of stories I’m telling these days. What was the turning point?
MEMORIAL DAY 2023
Memorial Day, 2023. LCPL CARROLL FANKHAUSER, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines. 8/24/65 PFC ROBERT FERNANDEZ, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines. 6/20/65 CPL BRIAN GAUTHIER, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines. 7/11/65 LCPL REYNALDO GUZMAN, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines. 1/25/66 1STLT...JOURNAL OF A PLAGUE YEAR #42
After outrunning it for two and a half years, Covid finally caught me about the middle of last month and clung to me for a solid two weeks. It affected me more seriously than the rest of my family (see previous post), as if it were vengeful because I’d eluded it...
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