Writing
2010
ArticlesJanuary 1, 2010, was the first New Years Day that I woke up without calling my friend Marty. Marty...
CONTINUE READING →The Books of Others
ArticlesAlice called me during a book festival signing last Saturday and asked a rather pointed question — “Are you...
CONTINUE READING →In Memory of Characters
ArticlesMy friend Mitchell, in charge of machine guns for Colt Firearms, was the first civilian flown to Pearl Harbor,...
CONTINUE READING →If Superman’s costume was indestructable…..
Articles…how did Clarke Kent’s mother make his costume? It took me over four years to write French Letters: Virginia’s...
CONTINUE READING →Spending Some Time on Canal du Midi
ArticlesIn the mid 1600’s, days of quill pens and before there was a single paved road in America, France...
CONTINUE READING →Scriptorium
ArticlesWhere I write….When I signed French Letters at Hastings Book Store in Amarillo a week or two ago one...
CONTINUE READING →Where there’s a Will
ArticlesColleville sur Mer, France (Photograph taken by Ian and Wendy) The American military cemetery at Colleville is humbling, a...
CONTINUE READING →Marguerite Knisely to an American Bomber Pilot
Articles“I do want to let you know that those planes were a welcome sight to us. We watched them...
CONTINUE READING →Returning to New Orleans After Katrina
ArticlesMy wife, Alice, is a graduate of Sophie Newcomb college, adjunct to Tulane University. We had plans to meet...
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