Aspiring authors are told to write about life, about real people in real situations. Let your hero and heroine meet in a cute way. Let them be ordinary. Whatever you write, do not let your plot hinge on miscommunication. To that I say “hogwash.” Most of life’s problems swirl around communication—what we thought, what we … Read more

I live in Las Vegas, a great place to people watch. I don’t do this downtown on the Strip or in hotels or casinos. I do it in my apartment in the suburbs. Are my chubby cheeks pressed against the front window? Do I have a pair of binoculars trained on the deck across the … Read more

I live in Las Vegas, a great place to people watch. I don’t do this downtown on the Strip or in hotels or casinos. I do it in my apartment in the suburbs. Are my chubby cheeks pressed against the front window? Do I have a pair of binoculars trained on the deck across the … Read more

I live in Las Vegas, a great place to people watch. I don’t do this downtown on the Strip or in hotels or casinos. I do it in my apartment in the suburbs. Are my chubby cheeks pressed against the front window? Do I have a pair of binoculars trained on the deck across the … Read more

I’ve always had a big tree and I have lots of ornaments collected over the years. My favorites are a cardboard ornament covered with frayed foil made by my son when he was in kindergarten. Another is a clothespin with cotton and a bit of red cloth made to look like Santa’s face and hat, … Read more