What a tangled mess this whole situation is revolving around the arrest of Harvard Professor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. at his home in Cambridge. In case you have been on a desert island somewhere for the past week and have not heard the news, Professor Gates was arrested for disorderly conduct by Sgt. James Crowley …
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 …
After yesterday’s rant, I decided to mellow out this morning. Got up early and did some gardening, then took my dog for a walk. There’s nothing like a brisk walk in the countryside to give you a whole new perspective on life. Across the road from us is a large meadow where a neighbor grazes …
Appearing on the NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said a tax surcharge on wealthy Americans is one of several options under discussion in Congress to help pay for overhauling the nation’s ailing health system. That didn’t exactly come as a news flash. The “tax the wealthy” option has been …
Back in June I started posting excerpts from my new book and this latest installment is a continuation of the chapter dealing with one of our our family vacations. To read what precedes this click HERE Everything was peaceful for an hour or so, then the kids started squabbling, which soon deteriorated into full fledged …
A teenager wrote a letter to the Dallas Morning News recently defending the crassness of the new movie, “The Hangover”. She wrote, “In today’s American society, which is anything but conservative, it takes more than a dry innuendo to stir up a laugh. Vulgarity is natural and expected. If people are offended, they can choose …
I always wanted to be able to say that, “Maryann Miller is away from her office.” Somehow that makes me sound so much more important than the person who leaves the room to clean a toilet or feed the animals. But I digress. I’m out of my office today because I’m doing a guest blog …
For years now members of my family have been telling me that I am a great deal like my paternal grandmother. I knew there were similarities, but the real connection didn’t hit me until this morning, when I came in from working in the garden and had a biscuit for breakfast. Let me explain. My …
More and more authors are turning to Internet marketing for their books. They are doing virtual book tours, blogs, maintaining Web sites, and whatever else they can do to increase visibility on the Web. This is all well and good, but according to Don McCauley at Free Publicity Group, many authors miss a major component …
The last of my company left today, so now I have no more excuses for not working. Darn. I sure was enjoying myself. I guess that is one reason that I like having my birthday on the Fourth of July. I was playing the “It’s my birthday” card all weekend until one of our sons …
