This morning, UPS showed my box of author books loaded on a truck in Knoxville at 5:00 a.m. Twelve hours later they arrive in the midst of a sudden sleet shower. Beautifully packed, altogether beautiful, the fruit of a long…
This morning, UPS showed my box of author books loaded on a truck in Knoxville at 5:00 a.m. Twelve hours later they arrive in the midst of a sudden sleet shower. Beautifully packed, altogether beautiful, the fruit of a long…
This New Years we were in Nassau in The Bahamas where the Junkaroo street parade begins on New Years Day about 2 a.m. and beats on until noon. Wafted with weed and eating conch fritters, Maurizio and I watched huge…
We just got back from a week sailing by Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, including the island of Bequia, with two main streets — Front Street and Back Street. A quiet, slow and lush island with elaborate, even stately bureaucracy…
My dog Jesse arranges himself in afternoon sunlight while I work. When I try out lines of dialogue, he’ll listen but keeps his counsel. Wherever in the house I give him biscuits, he brings them here to eat on his…
Often when I’m creating a new scene, at first I see only dim shapes moving, as if through layers on layers of plastic wrap. Maybe I see three people and guess who they are. I write that down. On the…