Writer’s Mantra – Always Be Hustling
Since I don’t have Oprah touting my books (but I am available in a pinch if O ever has a last minute cancellation – call me), and my small publisher can only do so much, I have to hustle every day to get people to learn about The Claire Saga. Books really don’t sell themselves. […]
Inside Shoes – WTF?!
One of the surprise Christmas gifts my daughter gave me during our trip to Breckenridge last weekend, was the above pair of fuzz-lined Crocs. The Tommy Pickles and Snoopy accessories were an added bonus. Evidently, Jackie had gotten the memo from my post-retirement wife that I was no longer allowed to track the outside dirt […]
Totally Committed To Spring
For those keeping score, the above painting is The Blossoms of Spring (aka Flora and Spring) 1898 by Louis Comfort Tiffany. January 2nd always can be a little depressing for a number of reasons. The holidays are over and real life beckons. The Christmas decorations start to look a little sad, like the last guests […]
Happy New Year – Welcome 2024
The great thing about New Year’s Day is that it always brings with it so much promise. Hope. For us men, it’s the Father Time handoff to the New Year’s Baby, who then ages very quickly back into the hoary old Father Time just in time for the next handoff on the following December 31st. […]
The Oz Paradox
Yesterday, Lisa celebrated her birthday, 12/30, at the same time that our lovely Oz English-Australian DIL, Georgie, celebrated hers, in Oz, on 12/31. That’s Luke , Savanna, Georgie, Auntie Anita, Aunty Liz, mother Sarah and Father Nigel, with Cairo, Stella and Scarlett up front. However, I had to flip that photo right-side-up because it was […]
End Of Year Sale – Kindle TWA 99 cents – Today Only
Well Lisa and I are heading to the mountains this morning. I guess if it’s good enough for Muhammad . . . . https://www.dictionary.com/browse/if-the-mountain-won-t-come-to-muhammad–muhammad-must-go-to-the-mountain. We are going to visit Jackie, Lucian and Zach, who are up in Breckenridge snowboarding and skiing. Get some family time in before the New Year and celebrate Lisa’s birthday. Happy […]
Classic Corvidae
Yesterday, as I went about my business, I was constantly reminded of my affinity with my corvid cousins. After getting Lisa all checked in for her early morning eye surgery, which was a complete success, I went outside to kill an hour. I was going to drive to the local Einstein Bagels – which are […]
The Bionic Woman
In the reboot of the Bionic Woman television series in 2007 the lead character – Jamie – gets two new bionic eyes. https://www.televisionaryblog.com/2007/06/pilot-inspektor-nbcs-bionic-woman.html This morning, my dear wife gets her left eye repaired to remove a cataract and implant an upgraded corrective lens that will provide her with 20/20 vision in that eye, it even […]
Taking A Risk
Mark and Sara (Go Blue – NYPD Rocks!) gave me a few very cool gifts this Christmas – an awesome Central Park Pct sweatshirt and some awesome incense and burner – but the above screen art they sent me was truly inspirational. Lisa found the perfect spot for it, my office bathroom. You see, it […]
An Equine Christmas
Yesterday morning, Lisa and I took fellow ex-pat Riverdalian, Karen “Cruiser” Anderson (Beck) to breakfast at The Alley Cat Cafe in Ft. Collins. Cruiser left Riverdale towards the end of the last Century and headed out West to work as a ranch hand – think Yellowstone – and has spent the last 30 years moving […]