What’s In A Name?
Juliet knew her shit. R&J, Act 2 Scene 2 Someone asked me why I named the magical mule in the book series Claire. The simple answer is that I am totally devoid of any imagination, and that is the name of my real and very magical mule, Claire. And since she dictated the entire story, […]
Clair De Lune (“Moonlight” un français)
Last night I was suffering a lapse into Lunacy. I had fallen asleep about 8ish, but when Lisa came to bed a few hours later, she woke me getting into bed (always been a light sleeper), and I found myself wide awake. I tried staring out the bedroom window at the night sky, and spotted […]
Celestial Harbingering
I do enjoy noting how Claire can multitask – eating and ass scratching. Brilliant. So, this week is the lead up to a brief but very busy writer schedule. I’m excited because of the celestial and seasonal events occurring at its doorstep. First we’ll have the September full moon cycle Monday through Wednesday this week. […]
Tom McCaffrey’s Day Off
Yesterday was an interesting day. Not particularly exciting, just interesting in an off-beat, cool way. I knew I was in for a treat when I saw that beautiful sunrise over a white fence during my rounds. The weather stayed perfect. To begin with, Lisa worked a per diem shift, which left control of my day […]
One Week Out – Berthoud Literary Festival Debut
There’s safety in numbers. NYC has over 8 million people living there, so it’s easy to hide in plain sight. Berthoud, about 6 thousand. When I arrived in Berthoud in spring of 2017, I hadn’t a clue of how I was possibly going to acclimate. I mean, I was a stranger in a strange land. […]
Friday The 13th – Lucky For Some
I love the myths behind just about anything sinister. Friday the 13th is no different. It starts with Triskaidekaphobia. Think about just how many tall buildings you have been in that do not have a 13th floor. https://www.dovemed.com/diseases-conditions/triskaidekaphobia Seems the main negative myths associated with number 13 and especially Fridays that fall on that date […]
Reading My Own Stuff
Nine days out from the reading at the Berthoud Literary Festival – then two in Da Bronx – and I’m surprisingly nervous. You see, no one watches you write something. With The Claire Saga, for instance, I could not tell you exactly how I wrote The Wise Ass. I just know that after seeing to […]
Another Year – One More Loss
This morning I was all set to blog about this solemn day, but technology threw a wrench in my accessing this account. Unfortunately, now that I can access the account, I’m knee deep in alligators at work, so I cannot go into any great detail at this point in the day. My recitation of my […]
Pups’ Official Presentation At Court
Given that the pups, Sherlock and Jasper, are still wee ones, and don’t have a sense of their own mortality, they still need to be accompanied around the property. Luke and Georgie, sometimes with the grans, will take them out for regular circuits around Casa Claire, most often on lead. When they first saw Claire […]
Reflecting On Friends
Yesterday, I was blessed by the unexpected intercession of friends. First out of the box, was my dear friend, legal colleague from back in GFM days last century, and now a literary colleague at BRW, Marissa Bañez. https://www.amazon.com/stores/Marissa-Ba%C3%B1ez/author/B0BR7ZSLS5?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1725879890&sr=1-1&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true Anyone with access to young children needs to get a copy of her series. Some of you […]