I retain fond memories of my time in Europe, particularly in the midlands of England, outside the city of Oxford. Housing for military at the small ex-RAF base Upper Heyford was at a premium, and my mom always insisted we did NOT live in base housing, rather, she preferred us to encounter our new hostContinue reading “Jolly Old”
Category Archives: women in sports
A Teaser
In my taking-me-forever first novel If Only…I share my view of our nation with women the dominant gender in the world. And so for my wife, the Domestic Despot who thinks I’m just sitting here at my desk getting stoned all day, here is what I have so far: The Red Manse 0600 hrs. Continue reading “A Teaser”
Just Another Day
of infamy. When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered his, what has come to be known as the “day of infamy” speech,” he was alluding to the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor Naval Base on Sunday, December 7, 1941 by the Empire of Japan. But unfortunately, it is not the only date which is infamous inContinue reading “Just Another Day”
Just Me Being Me
So the Joe Biden family is staying at a place up on Lake Tahoe. I wonder if it is the same place the Corleone family stayed… The friggin’ planet is ON FIRE, but there’s no global warming. Right. I am going to reserve judgement until I get ther full story, but tragedy struck a fourteenContinue reading “Just Me Being Me”
Gone But Not Forgotten…
I hope you didn’t forget me, but I have been swamped putting together and pulling off a charity benefit adoption event and concert for the local Humane Society. It was not a piece of cake. Unforseen circumstances, as in a death in the family and the absolute worst thing a committed performer can do: no-call,Continue reading “Gone But Not Forgotten…”
The Red Manse
—As promised, another excerpt from my book If Only… 0600 hrs. Cassandra Prince was a nervous wreck on her first day on the job. The new Indira Gandhi University whiz-kid that landed the lucrative position as law clerk for Justice Jodi Foster, had the weight of a whole lot of people on her back.Continue reading “The Red Manse”
No Excuses! Again
I’ve been lolly-gagging and dilly-dallying now for two years since I said I would write my second book, my first novel. I have titled it If Only…, and if you were following my blog way back then, here’s what I said: About the Book If Only… represents my first full-length novel. The bookContinue reading “No Excuses! Again”
No Excuses!
I’ve been lolly-gagging and dilly-dallying now for two years since I said I would write my second book, my first novel. I have titled it If Only…, and if you were following my blog way back then, here’s what I said: About the Book If Only… represents my first full-length novel. The bookContinue reading “No Excuses!”
Richie Havens Was Right
What on Earth possessed an American citizen from the third-world country of Michigan to a) go to Saudi Arabia, and b) trust strangers to deliver threatening words of the government to? Dumbass. Those strangers were none other than police just waiting for a) an American dumbass, and 2) a chance to fuck with the MostContinue reading “Richie Havens Was Right”
Life Goes On
Or does it? I’m thumbing through the digital news and nowhere near the headlines, tucked under a “New and Used Cars” advertisement way down the page, was a story that matter-of-factly reported that Ukraine is bracing for a nuclear attack. WTF? Am I the only person on the planet that sees this as a preludeContinue reading “Life Goes On”
