Non-Fiction Stories…Follow Who You Are
Herman Wouk. Ken Follett. David Baldacci. Barack Obama. What do these authors have in common? They all kept my mother company at one time or another. Books were her passion (or at least one of them) for as long as I can remember. When I…

Am I a carnival nerd? Maybe. I went online to buy stamps a few months back and saw this new collection. I immediately placed them…

I almost always let a story simmer a few days after writing. I then tweak or even rewrite. But not this time. Aside from a…

It was August, 1999. It was a beautiful day, and I thought I would take a walk over to my son Will’s future school, which…

Our next-door neighbors, who are in their late 80s, still take ocean cruises regularly. Miyoko always explains to me upon their return, “I don’t cook,…