Let’s face it, at times we abandon our friends. They are incredibly important to us; they are part of us, yet days build on days and before long we stop mid-step and realize we have done it again: we have… Read More ›
Confession
Cheeseburger in Tuscany
The sun burnt my skin, sour candy formed one of those strange bump things on my tongue, and even, just once or twice, a rogue glass-too-many hurt my head the next morning. Too much of a good thing can be,… Read More ›
Emotional Baggage
What is it about airplane movies that makes me just want to ball my eyes out? I can’t be alone here, but to me no matter how terrible the flick, the drama is thick enough to stow in an overhead… Read More ›
Life is a Holiday
Vacation. What does it mean to you? If you break it down, and no this is not a snooty Latin exercise (which we all know would be ‘acation-vay’), you have ‘vacate’ and ‘tion.’ Maybe ‘tion’ is pronounced ‘shun.’ Vacate and… Read More ›
A Fare For Fools
It is the night rate. There wasn’t much of a line at that hour. The Policia even opened the door for me. “Let me give you a map, here, we are here at the airport and your hotel is there,”… Read More ›
It’s Not Just a Hobbsy
If you post, they will come. My posts stretch further across the calendar, lately, and part of me hopes that at least some of you have noticed. You are my thirty-two, after all. I have certainly taken note because it… Read More ›
Damascas-ers Annoy Me
My ears are covered and I cannot hear you! I have a slight addiction to reading how-to write books. The need to feed on ego-driven lessons about what an author learned when they wrote their first three award novels is now getting… Read More ›