In The Early Morning Quiet

June 22, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

“But this must be very tiring for you, Robert? Shall I see England too? Oh, but I know you are still creating me. I hope I shall be beautiful and memorable…”

The Role Of A Writer

June 20, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

Many of you I know have never visited the United States of America. Regardless you may still be interested in what people there may think, or may have thought (perhaps passionately), especially behind closed doors…

Losing The Plot

June 19, 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

What the hell happened? Every successive film now seems to move it increasing light years more away from 1977’s Mark Hamill, Sir Alec Guinness, and crowd… and not in a good way.

School Daze

June 18, 2018.Reading time 10 minutes.

Earlier I had noticed that my in-laws (who were out for a time) had a copy of Passports, my first book of that trilogy, sitting (sort of hidden, behind a picture frame, but still easily visible) on a chest of drawers in the entrance hall.

In Search Of “Hygge”

June 15, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

In the context of all of that, naturally I thought of a Danish long-time girlfriend.

Twitter: A Great Idea, But…

June 14, 2018.Reading time 10 minutes.

I advise anyone now to be cautious, very cautious, on Twitter. The only reason I have not deleted my account is because I do like engaging carefully with decent people when possible. And many readers now expect authors to have Twitter accounts.

“If truth be told…”

June 13, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

On Sunday, a writer on Instagram “tagged” me asking me to explain myself: “If truth be told.” Hmm. I don’t normally do tags. However, she’s a good Instagrammer and writer, so I decided I would this time.

That Questioner’s Horse He Rode In On

June 11, 2018.Reading time 15 minutes.

If you have had experiences such as my family has had (and yours may have had too), you learn that there are those times that nothing can be done by others to stop self-destruction.

What We “Hear”

June 8, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

My first Kindle reader years ago (it was one of Amazon’s first Kindles) had the capability to “speak” the text electronically. You may remember, or even still have one.