books
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Prompt: What was your favorite subject in school? 10/31/25
Have a Safe, candidly productive Happy Halloween! Boo! Funny as I read this prompt, I can just imagine the distracted look I’d get if I asked any kid under 13 this question today!! However, I am certainly no kid anymore, and I always enjoyed most of my subjects, except English Grammar. I know, right? As… Continue reading
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Prompt: What have you been putting off and why? 10/6/25
Good Morning! May you have a productive and happy Monday! Well, I am the kind of person who usually doesn’t procrastinate. However, the last time I put something off was when I wrote the rough draft of the book I just finally published after almost 8 years, (A Chance Encounter with a Most Unusual Acquaintance).… Continue reading
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Prompt: What would you do if you lost all your possessions? 9/29/25
Good Morning, have a great day! I don’t know why, but it has been instilled in me as far back as I can remember, from the youngest age, that possessions are only self-indulgent pleasures in life. We shouldn’t get too attached, as they are only temporarily living in the recesses of our memories. However, if… Continue reading
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Built with sustainable materials, with a vision of practicality and safety foremost. 8/18/25
I would implement an idea I had since playing with magnets as a child in the 1960s. My concept involves using advanced, space-age materials to heat and cool road surfaces embedded with magnetized metal shavings. This innovation would allow future vehicles to hover by creating opposing polarizations between the road surface and each vehicle. Each… Continue reading
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Inspire with a touch of humor, joy, and reflection, allowing the reader to escape their daily routines. 8/14/25 Good Morning!
Most of the three books, both published and those outlined and unpublished, as well as the few poems written, allow me to express myself by giving the reader the option of disliking, sharing, reviewing, or commenting to show their emotional response. Any author, if they are honest—whether writing poetry, essays, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, music, fiction,… Continue reading
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Usually, these days by the seat of my pants… Read 0n 8/10/25
In my youth, I played organized baseball and football throughout elementary and high school. Especially during high school, I saw myself as more of a defensive, goal-stopping player. Unfortunately, this approach also applied to my life, not so much in terms of learning and practicing or success, but rather in my lack of ambition; I… Continue reading
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Good Parenting, Catholic School, Emily Post, and Two XX Chromosomes! 6/21/25
If my comment about having “two X chromosomes” was not clear, I encourage you to do a quick search on Google or Wikipedia. Alternatively, you could ask your wife, girlfriend, lady friend, or older sister; I’m sure they can help you gain a better understanding. In emoji speak LOL! First at bat, my parents in… Continue reading
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Lately, Writing, Editing, Blogging & Tending to Wine…and Wine Not! 6/19/25
Recently, I’ve been working on a manuscript that I started eight years ago, and I’m excited to finally get it published. This piece is a family legacy project that weaves in our entire clan, and I believe it will resonate with fans of Hallmark movies. However, I’ve encountered a few challenges along the way. Since… Continue reading
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I’m a Retiree for 11 Years, and I Highly Recommend It! Happy Father’s Day Weekend! 6/14/25
I worked for the same company for 42 years and retired early at the age of 58 after being approved for disability following several surgeries. I didn’t want anyone’s sympathy then, nor do I now; it’s simply a fact of my life. From the time I was young enough to push a lawn mower—when electric… Continue reading
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Expectations and Reality of the First-Time Author
I remember the first work I had published on a dare, nonetheless, from my eldest son Dan, who was a Freshman in High School. It was something he saw, I believe, in the comic section of our local newspaper, on submitting a poem, if accepted, would be published by the Library of Congress of Poetry.… Continue reading
