Back in June I started posting excerpts from my new book , which is a humorous memoir titled A Dead Tomato Plant and A Paycheck. This latest installment is from the chapter tentatively titled, The Silly Things We Do This particular piece was inspired by a neighbor who was known to do some pretty amusing …
Some writers work to the sweet sound of their favorite music. I get to work to the sweet sound of my dogs bathing. They come into my office and decide it is time to take care of those personal hygiene needs, and the constant slurping can drive me nuts. Not to mention the fact that …
Back in June I started posting excerpts from my new book , which is a humorous memoir titled A Dead Tomato Plant and A Paycheck. This latest installment is from a chapter tentatively titled, Socially Unacceptable. As parents, we reach a point where we are barely tolerated by our children…… It’s an indisputable fact that …
In honor of Labor Day, which is a holiday for all of us in the U.S., I just want to wish all my compatriots a happy and safe holiday. I was going to write a little reflection in honor of the day, but a friend, Joe Dan Boyd, who is also a journalist, sent me …
Today I’m fulfilling the promise I made last Saturday to post the next section of one of the chapters of my new book that I introduced HERE This chapter is titled “Socially Unacceptable” and first deals with the fun of social groups in high school. Here is the next section…. People may grow up, but …
Here is another excerpt from my latest creative effort that I introduced HERE back in June. This is the beginning of Chapter Two; SOCIALLY UNACCEPTABLE: Otherwise Known as the Crazy Things We Do. We all remember those horrible days of middle school and high school when our social standing depended on who we were friends …
It’s been kind of a crazy day. Was waiting most of the day for people to come and install new flooring, and they got hung up on another job. Kind of disconcerting when you make plans and arrange your life around something that doesn’t happen. Plus, I was offline most of yesterday due to cable …
There’s a Blog-A-Th0n going on at Ginger Simpson’s Dishin’ It Out blog, where a bunch of us writer-types are talking about promoting. Some good tips being shared there, as well as little touches of humor. The blog is running all day today, so stop by when you get a chance and see what all the …
Here again is another excerpt from my book in progress A Dead Tomato Plant and a Paycheck. It is a mix of humor and memoir, and this offering is from a chapter “The Silly Things We do.” Enjoy…… While I may not be the brightest intellectual around, I’ve always considered myself intelligent, educated, and capable. …
Here’s another bit of nonsense from my friend Tracy Farr, who when he is not writing or playing banjo or watching Oprah, drives a school bus. I know that talking about the Sears Tower in Chicago has absolutely nothing to do with driving a school bus, but Chicago is in America, Sears is an American …
