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Okay, that was sort of a lame title. But there’s a reason. Stay tuned. November 7th finds us celebrating the birthday of one of my favorite recording artists, songwriters, painters… Joni Mitchell turned 65 today but somehow I doubt she rushed to file for Social Security benefits. Parts of the title, of course, are lyrics [...]
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Happy Halloween! I was curious about those born on this eeriest of holidays. Did (do) they suffer teasing at the hands of schoolmates? Did/do they worry that they were somehow flawed or subject to paranormal leanings? My mother was born on Friday the 13th, and she always spoke as if that fact had skewed her [...]
Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr., was born in Sabine Pass, Texas, on this day in 1930. His career span reminds me of a bottle rocket; once lit, it soared quickly skyward and then extinguished at the height of its brilliance, leaving stunned watchers behind. J.P. got his start as a deejay in Beaumont, Texas, establishing a [...]
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Not a lot of blog time this morning but couldn’t let October 16th pass. If you were born today, you share your birthday with some great literary talent, too much so to ignore as coincidence, right? Happy Birthday to playwright Eugene O’Neill, born this date in 1888. O’Neill, who spent much of his life plagued [...]
Where were you the first time you saw or heard John Lennon sing? I remember well, 1963, when we had a little black and white portable on a shiny gold wire rolling stand in the eating area of our kitchen. Someone (probably me) yelled, “fix the antenna!” and my dad lumbered over to adjust the [...]
I was going to begin this piece with, “Cancer steals another of my heroes…” but I didn’t want the focus to be on either me or on cancer. This insidious scourge already gets more press than it should. Still, Paul Newman was nothing if not a hero. He was my hero, for as long as [...]
Okay, Mary Cunningham tagged me to write 6 “book” things about myself. I liked her old-timey photo so added one of my own, taken at Big Bear Lake in 19xx… 1. I took Creative Writing in junior high school because it sounded interesting. That was my first inkling that I might like to write. We [...]
Friday morning I accompanied a good friend to an imaging center as her “bosom buddy.” While waiting for her test, we sat a comfortable waiting room (cookies to die for) and watched, in awe, as Senator McCain announced that Gov. Sarah Palin would be his running mate. Another patient, who’d been waiting longer than us, [...]
on my birthday cake… Well, I don’t really want to talk about my birthday, except to say that I’ve felt more loved this year. This is the first birthday I’ve had without any parents to call and send their wishes to me. My dear MIL, who passed away in late April, was my last living [...]
Okay, last week I saw someone else doing this and I thought, “she stole my idea!” But the reality of it is, she blogged it first, and she doesn’t know me. I hope it’s working for her. Probably most of you are authors or aspiring authors. A lot of you are small press folks, working [...]
