Writing
An End to our Winter of Discontent
ArticlesI am besotted with the search for the bones of Richard III. Archeologists, working from a scrap of map...
CONTINUE READING →Writers on Deck: Spain, and The Red Car
ArticlesWhen I was about 10 or so I read a book, The Red Car, in which a boy in...
CONTINUE READING →Writers on Deck: Naples, The Second Leg: Course Corrections
ArticlesNaples, the most bombed city in Italy, is flanked by Salerno on one side, Anzio on the other. Texas’...
CONTINUE READING →Writers on Deck: Sicily — The First Leg
Articles“We sailed away from there with heavy hearts and reached the country of the Cyclopes…” From the Odyssey. As...
CONTINUE READING →My Goodness: Number One! Thank you very, very much.
ArticlesOver the five day period surrounding Mothers’ Day 2012 my first novel, French Letters: Virginia’s War, rose to Number...
CONTINUE READING →May, Mothers, and Memorials: A Month of Unexpected Connections
ArticlesOn the second Sunday of this month we honor our mothers. On the last Monday we honor our fellow...
CONTINUE READING →March Forth: Hug a Soldier
ArticlesBetter still, ‘Hold a Soldier.’ I was one of the very lucky ones. When I was in the Army...
CONTINUE READING →Remembering Eleven Eleven
ArticlesOnce, in the days before corporate sponsor naming rights, we named our sports fields ‘Memorial Stadium.’ When the national...
CONTINUE READING →Winners of the ‘Patriotism is More than a Bumper Sticker’ Contest
ArticlesIn anticipation of Veterans Day, or Armistice Day as we once named it and Remembrance Day as it still...
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