writing
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A Tale of the West Ever have a neighbor you don’t get along with? In this one place, I was surrounded on all sides. A couple of them detested me from the get-go. The few who took to me, the feeling wasn’t mutual. Perhaps the whole street was thus. I don’t know, since the ones… Read more
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It’s been suggested by some biographers that various creative types are a superstitious lot. I take issue with that claim. Anyone who knows what it’s like to use the wrong tool for the job will understand. Here I sit writing with a (gasp!) ballpoint pen. I’m forced to do so because my real pen is… Read more
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Movies entranced me as a kid. So much I thought I wanted to be an actor. Alas, performing is not in the wheelhouse of introverts. It’s said one can overcome stage-fright; even so, if it takes the fun out of something, why do it? Sans desire for applause, or even attention, there’s no point. I… Read more
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Childhood found me the author & illustrator of stapled-together books, some of which ran backwards because I confused right & left. Later I penned magazines & newspapers, all fictional. By the time I reached 7th grade, an English teacher trotted out that old chestnut ‘Write what you know.’ My life at that juncture consisted of… Read more
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