Remember yourself
As a child, I told anyone who would listen that I was a writer, and one day, I would be published. I was quite firm about this, and I refused […]
Category Archives: The Writer’s Mind
Seeking Divine Love
Over the last few weeks, I had an unusual experience that led me to once again think deeply about the relationships humans share with one another. In late 1981, my […]
Life is but a dream
On this gloomy South Florida day, I’m thinking of a friend who’s close yet far away. I haven’t seen him in a few years. And he’s the only one who […]
No place for racism
I saw a clip of people marching in Charlottesville, chanting, “Jews will not replace us,” and it made me freeze in terror. The alt-right demonstrators and neo-Nazis frighten me to […]
Mistaken for Muslim
Yesterday, a man mistook me for a Muslim woman. I’ve had a few minor pain attacks recently due to trigeminal neuralgia, but nothing serious. Preventative maintenance has a lot to […]
His Sphere of Influence
Miles’s book, Sphere of Influence: An Approach to Self-Defense, isn’t up on Amazon yet. I hit a couple of small snags (nothing huge). It’ll be up soon. Today is a […]
I look in the mirror.
My father left his body on February 17, and I keep asking myself, “Was it five years ago? I think it was five years ago.” I was standing in the […]
in a bar
[In dreaming] I was in a bar with Miles, my brother, when it was time to leave and a woman in a lime-green dress said goodbye, told me to come […]
Writing is life
The 13th annual annual Eckerd College Writers in Paradise conference took place January 14 to 24, 2017. This was my third year attending as a workshop participant, and my first […]
Where you go.
I haven’t posted in a while, but then, if I did, it probably wouldn’t be worth reading because all I can think about are my dreams. Once, during a severe […]