Category: Love, life, small things
Making Beautiful Music in Fiction
I exercise to music. Don’t we all? Relieves the boredom of repetitive motions. Sometimes, of course, music…
Bordeaux and Sarlat—Wine, Foie Gras, and Black Truffles
Not until I’ve traveled to countries with centuries of civilization have I appreciated history. My early exposure…
First Impressions: II. My First European Visit
Part 2: Impressions of my first visit decades ago I’ve since returned a few times, concentrating on…
First Impressions: I. My First European Visit
This June, I’ll be in France, a country I’ve been to many times, though most often, Paris…
Writing Cross-Genre: 1. “Sugar and Spice” Is About Food, But What About “All Those Lies”?
Two characters in Sugar and Spice and All those Lies commit crimes. The victim in both cases…
Art Is Good For You
“The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of…
Art Is In Every Book You Read
Art is in every book you read. Marcel Duchamp, notorious in the art world for having successfully…
Aimless? In A Rut? Haiku yourself out of it.
Haikuing is fun and it only needs 17 syllables, give or take. I have haikued in the…
Paris, Je T’Aime: Looking Back
I cannot say exactly when I fell in love with Paris. I suppose I came by it…
An October Winter in Paris
We woke up to some sunshine one Saturday morning in October. Sunshine and smiles—for me, they go…
Bohemian Artists, Mid-1800s
Bohemian. A word often uttered with a mix of admiration, confusion, and mockery. Usually we think of…
Stark Truth: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
My latest novel, The Shade Under the Mango Tree, takes the reader to a foreign culture. I’ve…
Our Surreal Lives in a Virtual World
Pandemic life is strange. We’re forced to live even more in a virtual world. I watch as…
A Moveable Feast–Hemingway’s Enduring Legacy On Writing
“But what if it is … only that you are trying to use words that people would…
Notes On Book 5: The Shade Under the Mango Tree
When I do blog tours, like the one I’m doing with the release of my latest novel,The…