• Cars Used to Hold More People

    Watching reruns of old shows on Hulu, we’re served up lots and lots of ads for cars (not nearly as many as the ads for insurance companies or prescription medications). What cracks me up about these ads is that many… Continue reading

    Cars Used to Hold More People
  • Small Town Crime

    Don’t worry, I have not (at least not recently) been the victim of a crime, but I did write about some of my experiences living in small towns in a guest post for the Trace Evidence Blog by Alfred Hitchcock’s… Continue reading

    Small Town Crime
  • Adaptations

    With the news this week of Sam Neill’s passing, a lot of folks were sharing favorite clips from his movies including Jurassic Park, and I was reminded of watching the movie in the theater with my family when I was… Continue reading

    Adaptations
  • Fireworks in the Round

    Fireworks are illegal in New Jersey, except on July 4th. Just kidding. They’re illegal 365 days of the year, but pyrotechnic scofflaws get something of a free pass on Independence Day. So, on The Fourth rather than dealing with the… Continue reading

    Fireworks in the Round
  • I Survived My Camping Trip!

    Over the weekend I made the long* trip up to Maine to join my sister and her family for a camping trip to celebrate her birthday, and I lived to tell the tale . . . just barely. That photo… Continue reading

    I Survived My Camping Trip!
  • Tea Time

    It has been a hectic week. There was some wind that caused a small amount of damage necessitating some unexpected home repairs, and that project turned into a slightly bigger project in the interest of killing two birds with one… Continue reading

    Tea Time
  • Sun Showers

    The other afternoon I was on my way home from the county library when the sky grew dark and it began to pour. The storm was intense, but brief. A few minutes later the sun was shining once again. Then… Continue reading

    Sun Showers
  • “Mysterious Ways” is Available Now

    It’s official. I have a new short story out in the latest edition of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. In “Mysterious Ways” a small town Presbyterian minister attempts to get to the bottom of the murder of one of his church’s… Continue reading

    “Mysterious Ways” is Available Now
  • Flower Power

    I don’t know how it’s been by you, but lately we’ve had pretty much perfect weather here. So, Sunday we decided to take advantage of it and go for a little hike. There’s a trail pretty close to us, that… Continue reading

    Flower Power
  • Send in the Paparazzi, I’m in a Magazine

    I think I must get about a dozen emails per day from bots and scammers claiming to want to assist in some way with my author career. They want to share my book with alleged book groups or have the… Continue reading

    Send in the Paparazzi, I’m in a Magazine