Month: December 2016

Dear Readers, I’m attempting to publish my third book. I wrote the initial manuscript last year and finished the first draft this past summer. I am hoping to find a publisher. I solicited 120 agents this summer and have received 20 rejections and have not heard from the others, which…

The demolition party went like this: Only enter through the back door at the top of the fire escape. Everyone bring their own drinks. Then they bring a little more for the house. A hammer, nail puller, or sledge was price of entry. That and a costume. It didn’t matter…

This is my 300th website entry. I’ve been at it for seven years, or 33.33 posts a year. If we take into consideration that the average length of a blog post/essay here is 1,200 words, the total is 360,000 words, the equivalent of three modern novels or five to six…

I’m mercurial when it comes to my hair, mostly because the length of my hair used to matter a lot. I like it short, really short. I like it long, really long. What I don’t like is maintaining a particular look. it’s tedious and boring, and just not a part…

Francis was a disagreeable character who lived in the room next to mine at the top of the winery and drink technology apprentice school in Trier, Germany. We shared a small bathroom and shower stall at the end of the hallway of four rooms. Our rooms were only about 8’…