I’m back to working on my baba’s story, NO TIME FOR TEARS, which is essentially an immigrant’s story. It’ll be published as a novel, as I’ve had to do a…
Writing Family History
Fifty Shades of Bliss
I’ve been away from my writing celebrating fifty years of marriage. That’s right, 50! I know, it’s a shocker. But just to explain, we were married in kindergarten. Yeah, that…
More About Guns
I’m sorry I haven’t written sooner, but I’m refueling myself, taking a break traveling and soaking up new horizons. On my travels, I’ve spoken to a number of Americans, who staunchly…
A Literary Smorgasbord
Smorgasbord is “a wide range of something”, a something author Elizabeth Hay delivers with panache in her Giller award winning novel, Late Nights On Air. She’s given me much food…
What Is It About Guns?
I’m an optimist by nature, so this has been a hard post to write. And I’m sorry for getting off the writing track here. But the senseless killings at the…
The Measure of a Man
In my last post, I wrote of the incredible feat that Nik Wallenda had accomplished when he became the first man to cross Niagara Falls. He was successful in fulfilling…
Following Your Dreams or What I Learned From Watching Nik Wallenda
One Man’s Dreams I learned a lot about following your dreams when I watched Nik Wallenda cross Niagara Falls. It was a nail biting experience, even though I watched the…
Illustrious Poetry in New York’s KGB Bar
Taras Shevchenko was a political poet, during the Tsarist regime in Russia in the latter half of the 19th century. He illuminated through his poetry the plight of the Ukrainian…
Steps To Publishing Success or What I Learned from Author, Catherine Knutsson
Since completing my novel, I’ve been busy learning the steps to publishing success. Step 1. I know the importance of story first. A good story, that is. One with a…
A Young Woman’s Remarkable Journey To Find Herself
It’s not often you read a book that gets you thinking about your own life’s choices. MY MAASAI LIFE by Robin Wiszowaty is that kind of book. Disillusioned, lost, and…