Over the weekend my mother presented us with something that surprised, pleased, slightly embarrassed, and produced a slew of other less-definable reactions. Mothers do this sort of thing, I’m told. We have no children to whom we might have inflicted … Continue reading
It seems unlikely I’ll finish another book before this Sunday—if I do it will probably be Stefanie Pintoff‘s second Simon Ziele mystery, A Curtain Falls. I read the first in the series, In The Shadow of Gotham, not too long … Continue reading
We didn’t get around to sending out cards this year. It’s been busy and in some ways not particularly festive, but we’ve had worse years, so there really is no excuse. Time just got away from us. Which happens more … Continue reading
This is just very yeah. When asked why I write, I have many answers, but this captures the entire inner gestalt of why. Not getting to live all the lives I wanted to. I know what she means. I assumed … Continue reading
Unless you’ve been living on Mars or under a layer of primordial loam these past few decades, you know who Christopher Hitchens is. He has died. He was an unapologetic pragmatist, atheist, and iconoclast to the end. For an extended … Continue reading
Senator Bernie Sanders is sponsoring a Constitutional Amendment to deny corporations the right to be considered persons. His speech is worth a listen. What amazes me is that this needs to be explained at all. This is one of those … Continue reading
This is an unscientific response to a ridiculous claim. Rick Santorum, who wishes to be the next Bishop In Charge of America (or whatever prelate his church might recognize) recently made the claim that Gay couples are going to destabilize … Continue reading
Not this morning. It’s hard, I know, because so much is going on that I could comment about, but… The novel revision I mentioned a couple of posts back is done. Done and at my agent. I did a top … Continue reading
Comes a point when it is obvious that one’s sympathies lie in a particular direction, whether we want to admit to them or not. Politically, I tend to try to find something worthwhile across the Left-Right spectrum. I am, in … Continue reading
I have been assiduously working on the rewrite of the book I mentioned in the previous post and not much else has gotten done. I’m 3/4 through and into the difficult part, where the plot actually veers, and I’ve been … Continue reading