Gettysburg Address in 2020
Yesterday, I read the Gettysburg Address to myself here at home in the middle of 2020. Some days I...
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Category: Grammatic Artist
I Can’t Keep Counting Coronavirus Numbers….
As I have been doing the past weeks, I can’t bring myself to post coronavirus numbers everyday. My psyche no longer has the will. I’m not giving up on the situation, but the situation is having its toll on me. A few...
Read MoreThe New York Pitch Conference–One Week Later
The New York Pitch Conference–One Week Later Last Tuesday, a week ago today, I said farewell to my mother, (she joined me in NYC for what became I think, the trip of her life) boarded a SWA flight home and came back...
Read MoreNew York Pitch Conference–Fall 2019
New York Pitch Conference–Fall 2019 From Sept 19-22, last Thursday to Sunday now, I took part in the New York Pitch Conference, the creation of mastermind Michael Neff. As luck would have it, too, I found myself in Group...
Read MoreI Want to Dump Twitter and Facebook, But Can’t
I Want to Dump Twitter and Facebook, But Can’t As a conservative minded person, I have about reached the end of my patience with the necessity and value of social media, in particular Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram....
Read MoreWar and Peace
My daughters gave me a copy of the 1,358-page version of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace for my birthday in early December. I began reading it on Dec. 7 and finished seventeen days later on Christmas Eve. Considered the best...
Read MoreReaching My Goal — 101 Fiction Novels
Heather Sellers’ 2007 writers’ guide Chapter After Chapter prods anyone interested in becoming a better writer to read 101 Fiction Novels. In December 2016, I set out to do just that, having suffered an injury that...
Read MoreThanksgiving 2018
Thanksgiving 2018 My how the year has flown. Preparations are underway for Thanksgiving 2018. The Christmas decorations are already in place–three trees inside this year–four if you count the Charlie Brown...
Read MoreOne of those ‘God Things’
One of those “God Things” There are times in life when I’ve found myself saying I’m in the middle of one of those “God Things.” Where no amount of my own pushing seems to be getting my...
Read MoreMy Summer Vacation 2018
My Summer Vacation 2018 During my summer vacation 2018 I travelled the world and never left North Texas. How’s that? I read 40 novels and visited at least three other continents, eight other countries, and many other US...
Read MoreKristin Hannah’s The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale is one of the best books I have ever read. On Goodreads, it scores a 4.55 out of 5. There are few books out there with a cumulative score that high. I...
Read MoreThere There by Tommy Orange
There There by Tommy Orange There There by Tommy Orange is one of those profound books that only come along once in a long while. This is a book that should be considered for a Pulitzer or Nobel Prize. It offers such dramatic...
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