Packed To The Rafters
There’s a great Australian show called Packed To The Rafters that I binged watched back when I lived in New York. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packed_to_the_Rafters Funny how I am now living that experience, with a live Aussie soundtrack. Back in NYC, I lived in what I call the McCaffrey Compound on Mosholu Avenue. My youngest brother, John (yes, […]
My Favorite Line Of The Claire Saga
Got a text yesterday from my dear friend and central character in WTLLM, Renee Clarke. If you are a recurring member of my fine, five readers, you may have caught the post where Renee recently visited Casa Claire and also gave me a wonderful metallic inscribed bookmark, which captured the idea I like to close […]
Bunk Beds
Yesterday, all I wanted to do was watch the Quarter Finals of the Euro Cup. I haven’t watched a football match (as opposed to a football game) since I left New York, where I could often catch the Premier League matches. So, yesterday I figured I could get whatever chores I needed to get done […]
Rising Tides – Congrats CCB on Run
When I first got into the writing game, I felt lost. All the other writers seemed to have it all together, and I was still suffering from my latest embodiment of the Imposter Syndrome. One of the first writers who threw me a life line was Christy Cooper Burnett. I first noticed her name as […]
God Bless America
You’d never know looking at that opening photo that those three adorable devil’s spawn had just spent their time putting a very patient Blue through a neon dress-up! That is not an app. That is the real deal with pipe cleaners and sunglasses and a very patient dog. There is just no escaping these three […]
Happy 248th America
Yesterday was one of those absolutely magical days. It started when the last of this lunar cycle’s Crescent Moon surrendered to one of the most wondrous sunrises I’ve seen in a while. Which left the Three Witches watching vigilantly over Casa Claire. Then I spotted these two cute fox kits playing in a field on […]
Frozen In The Summer
My grans are huge Disney fans. It’s genetic. I remember watching The Magical World of Disney every Sunday night of my childhood. It helped me develop what has turned out to be a pretty active imagination. It also helped me stave off the inevitable Monday blues until late Sunday night. I am especially pleased that […]
Dare You To Eat Just One . . . .
As we approach the heart of our Northern Hemisphere’s Summer Season, while so many of you are heading off for your Fourth of July Holiday, I thought it would be the perfect time to shamelessly plug The Claire Saga, since I just can’t seem to get Oprah to do it for me. As many of […]
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Yes, I know this is a title to a wonderful spiritual song originally published by John Wesley Work, Jr. and a novel by James Baldwin. However, it was what I whispered as I watched three generations of the family pull out of my driveway yesterday morning on their way to hike the local peaks. And, […]
Who Killed Doc Robbin
A murder most fowl! Yesterday morning, when I went outside to feed the kitties and water the plants, I was shocked and dismayed to find Dead Doc Robbin tucked face down in my wife’s geraniums. Now it wasn’t the feral cats or any other natural predator, given that, upon closer inspection the Doc Robbin was […]