Forcing the Metaphor

Yesterday, when I came back in from a short walk with my wife, I was hanging up my hat and noticed that a bird had made a small deposit in the crown, almost dead center. I realized that there were three different ways I could look at this: Why does this kind of thing...

In Response to the COVID Crisis

Good morning all, I’m announcing a price change on all the books in my catalog that are available as ebooks. This new price will stay in effect at least through the end of April and as much longer as needed. All of my ebooks are now $.99; this includes the novels...

One Man’s Ceiling

This morning I listened to “There Goes Rhymin’ Simon,” Paul Simon’s 1973 release, with my morning cup of tea. It was recorded down in Muscle Shoals and has a lot of good music on it, but what really struck me was “One Man’s Ceiling is Another Man’s Floor.” We’re in...

At-Home Entertainment

I hope everyone is taking care in these difficult times and finding ways to stay in touch and support each other. We are being asked to do things and refrain from doing things that are so different from our normal routines that it’s frightening for everyone. I believe...

Daylight Savings Time

When it came time to reset the clocks for DST, I moved through the house, trying to remember how to change the time on some of them and checking to make sure the ones connected to the internet made the switch automatically. In the process, I realized something. We...