Photo by Julie Johnson on Unsplash The said it was bad. They were wrong. My guilty secret: I take a nap after lunch every day, and I’ve been doing it since my late 20s. Why guilty? Napping has always had this faint whiff of wrongness, something to do with naps being the exclusive province of geezers, folks who…
10 More Great TV Series
Here’s my first list of great TV series The Crown Sumptuous sets and soaring music bring proper grandeur to this royal tale. Apparently, much of the history is sound. For those of us who don’t follow history, there are revelations like Churchill dictating his famous speeches to his secretary from the bath. Most of…
Notre Dame in Flames
Photo by Stephanie LeBlanc on Unsplash There’s nothing modern about this tragedy. Like many, I found the pictures of Notre Dame—with flames reaching to the heavens, the ornate steeple collapsing like a toothpick sculpture— heart wrenching. I’m lucky to have experienced her exterior and interior on many trips to Paris. (The inside and outside are very different,…
Murderous Arts News No. 1
NEVER SPEAK has been out for 10 weeks. Thank you, everyone who has bought and reviewed it! News: NEVER SPEAK in its first library appearance at the Cutler Memorial in Plainfield, VT. Thank you, Jane Youngbear! I’m writing a prequel novella mystery to the Murderous Arts series, tentatively titled RAY OF DARKNESS. It takes place at…
When Art Imitates Life
Photo by Jack Alexander on Unsplash How a chance encounter turned me into a novelist. I first came to Hudson, NY in the early aughties. I’d been carrying on a long love affair with the past, so I took right to Warren Street, with its 165 antique stores. Each had its niche–Second Empire, Art Deco, Fifties Modern, 60s kitsch–making them feel…
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