On Being Simply True

I recently had lunch with Donna McCrohan Rosenthal, past president of the California Writers Club (CWC) and also past president of the East ...

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These are my fleshed out notes from a talk I presented to the High Desert branch of the California Writers Club on September 14, 2019. ...

It has been well over a month since I told my cousin I would post something new to the blog, "probably today." I know you'v...

Oh, gosh, hello! I see I've been absent from the blog for a month! Wow, time really does seem to travel at the speed of the Parker...