Blogpourri: Scattered Thoughts about Buying a Home from Overseas, Professional Golf, Bike Rides, a Recently Departed Novelist, And Books We Read Over and Over May 24, 2023May 25, 2023

Another Food Blog, Because Me Like Food — Taste Good! May 17, 2023May 18, 2023

Expat Chronicles: The King Is Crowned, House Hunting Across the Ocean, the “Main Road” in South Carolina – and Other Fab Blog Content! May 9, 2023May 10, 2023

Lucky 13: Those ’70s Movies May 3, 2023May 5, 2023

The Professions We Love to Hate — Including Mine! April 25, 2023

There Must Be a Book in There, Somewhere… April 19, 2023April 19, 2023

The Reading List, No. 11: Books I’ve Recently Finished April 12, 2023April 12, 2023

Small Gifts, Writ Large April 10, 2023April 10, 2023

What Do We Waste Our Time On? April 5, 2023April 5, 2023

Returning to America With No Blinders On (Maybe the First in a Series) April 1, 2023April 2, 2023

In Praise of Little Things March 27, 2023

Why Do We Keep Pressing Forward When We Really Don’t Want To? March 22, 2023March 22, 2023

The Boomerang Makes its Turn March 15, 2023March 15, 2023

I Have Some Things on My Mind March 8, 2023March 11, 2023

Expat Chronicles: Taking a Dip in Bath March 1, 2023March 3, 2023

Hate, Facebook Style February 22, 2023

Dear Writers: The Bots Are Coming for Your Job. Think About a Career Change (Just Kidding!) (Sort of) February 13, 2023

Expat Chronicles: ‘Round Town February 7, 2023February 8, 2023

Decades After a Guru on the Run Got Captured in My Hometown, a Documentary About Him Reveals the Truth About American Liberty February 1, 2023

Wetting My Whistle During Dry January January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

Book News: A Story of Mine Has Been Published in this Handsome Anthology. That is All January 23, 2023January 23, 2023

I Keep Waiting (and Waiting and Waiting) For American Men to Find Their Lost Tennis Mojo January 18, 2023January 19, 2023

A Lovesome Thing January 11, 2023January 12, 2023

Two Sets of Believers, United in Bigotry January 4, 2023

Farewell to the Year Before 2023; Hello to the Year After 2022 December 28, 2022December 28, 2022

Winding Down the Kid Christmas Years, Maybe Forever December 20, 2022

I Left the South, But its Music Follows Me Everywhere I Go December 14, 2022

A Blog About Living a Full and Meaningful Life, Because You Asked* December 7, 2022December 7, 2022

Dylan, Revisited November 30, 2022

My Quadrennial Dose of Soccer (aka Football) Fever Hath Arrived (We did Blow a Winneth ‘Gainst Wales, but England Await!)* November 23, 2022

Breaking News: Two A-Holes Have Horrible Week; World LOLs! November 15, 2022

The Reading List, No. 10: Books I’ve Recently Finished, Featuring Mobsters, Wolves, and the First Lady of Jazz November 9, 2022

My Torrid Affair with American Politics is Heading for a Divorce November 1, 2022

Home Alone: The Family is On Vacation, I Am Not, the Food is Spicy, And the Bathroom is Close By October 26, 2022

There Will Be No Blogging in this Blog October 19, 2022

What the Music Industry Used to Be, Before It Became Whatever It Is Now October 11, 2022

I Am Now a Gamer Dad, And I Suck At It, But My Daughter Doesn’t Care October 4, 2022October 5, 2022

Roger the Magnificent September 28, 2022November 5, 2022

At What Point Does Our Quest for Freedom Become its Own Cage? September 21, 2022

The Sun Also Ariseth, and the Sun Goeth Down September 14, 2022September 14, 2022

Some Americans Think the Richest Country on Earth Is Headed for a Civil War. How Cute. September 6, 2022

Why Do We Blog? Why Do You? (Why Do I?) August 31, 2022August 31, 2022

The Writing Life: The Importance of Nailing the First Three Paragraphs, Genre Be Damned August 24, 2022August 25, 2022

Expat Chronicles: A Swing Through Europe, Post-Covid, Where the Streets are Jammed, the Heat is Hot, and the Souvenir Vendors Hate You (Well, Not All of Them) August 18, 2022August 18, 2022

The Writing Life: What is it With Some Male Authors and Their Cluelessness About Female Characters? July 27, 2022

If We’re Going to Talk About the Working Class, Let’s At Least be Honest About It July 20, 2022July 21, 2022

Stranger Squid Things: How Streaming Shows Have Raised the Writing Bar July 13, 2022

Who Among Us Has What It Takes to Be the Very Best? (Or the Time, Or the Inclination….) July 6, 2022July 6, 2022

Leave Me Alone, I’m Eating June 28, 2022June 29, 2022

One Foot in Front of the Other: Repeat June 22, 2022

An Industry of Dunces, Part 2:  Very Voodoo Anniversary Edition June 15, 2022

The Reading List, No. 9: Books I’ve Recently Finished June 8, 2022June 9, 2022

The Same Horrors Keep Repeating Themselves, and the Richest Country in the World Can’t Come Up with an Answer May 25, 2022May 25, 2022

Expat Chronicles: The Queen is Having a Platinum Jubilee, and All I Got Was this Lousy Traffic Jam May 17, 2022May 17, 2022

An Industry of Dunces, Part 1 May 10, 2022May 11, 2022

No Two Shadows, No Two Ghosts May 3, 2022May 7, 2022

Free Speech, Social Media, and Why Mega-Billionaires Don’t Really Care About Your Right to Say What You Want April 26, 2022

Lucky 13: Songs that Send Me into A Trance of Time and Place April 20, 2022

Expat Chronicles: A Trip to the Land of Wizards, Witchcraft, Brainiacs — and 5,000 Plant Species! April 13, 2022

The Writing Life: Did You Choose This Career, or Did It Choose You? April 4, 2022April 4, 2022

The Time a Country Barber Shared His Wisdom, and Why We Could All Use It March 29, 2022

Tough Plough Through Dough: Reacquainting Myself with the Lunacy of the English Language March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

Expat Chronicles: When War is Just a Short Plane Ride Away March 15, 2022

The Reading List, No. 8: Agatha, Frank & Dino, People with Bones – And More! March 8, 2022April 16, 2022

Writing With Pictures Instead of Words March 2, 2022

You are a Parent Forever, But Your Kids are Kids for Only a Short While February 22, 2022

Lucky 13: The Foods I Crave, to the Point of Obsession February 16, 2022February 17, 2022

Should Writers Adapt to Changing Public Perceptions of What is Offensive? (Hint: It’s a Slippery Slope) February 9, 2022

World Exclusive! Voodoo Hideaway Review! February 8, 2022April 16, 2022

Daydream #1 in B Flat February 2, 2022

A Nice Refreshing Swim January 26, 2022January 27, 2022

The Reading List, No. 7: X Chromosome Edition January 19, 2022April 16, 2022

I Purchased New Technology, And Am Now Invincible (Though I Haven’t Really Set It Up Yet, And Probably Won’t Until February) January 12, 2022January 13, 2022

The Writing Life: Everything You Need to Know to Become a Successful Author – Like Me!* January 4, 2022January 5, 2022

A Midwinter Night’s Musings on the New Year, the Pandemic, and Being True to Thine Own Self December 29, 2021December 29, 2021

The Reading List, No. 6: Yuletide Edition December 22, 2021

Creative Reckoning, Part 2: Back to the Drawing Board December 15, 2021December 15, 2021

Creative Reckoning, Part 1: Women Now Rule the Literary World, With Good Reason December 10, 2021December 10, 2021

Expat Chronicles: Four Years in London, and Here’s What I Think December 7, 2021

Lucky Thirteen: The Greatest Holiday Gift Guide…EVER (Tip: Buy the Book) December 1, 2021

Why We Love Music (Hint: Free Your Mind and Your A** Will Follow)* November 23, 2021November 26, 2021

The Reading List, No. 5: More Books I’ve Recently Completed November 16, 2021

Expat Chronicles: Learning the Hard Way How to Do Things the London Way November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

Expat Chronicles: We Visited Copenhagen, And What a Lykkelig Tur* It Was October 30, 2021December 2, 2021

Cloud Cover October 19, 2021October 20, 2021

What I Write About When I Write About Money (Hint: The Earth Is Too Hot, Women are Better Investors Than Men, Millions are Quitting Their Jobs, and Corporate Suits Are Now Frying Chicken) October 15, 2021October 15, 2021

Here’s a Book You Really Should Read October 13, 2021

Fine Dining October 6, 2021

Saint Christopher October 3, 2021October 3, 2021

In the Realm of the Creative Arts, Writing Is the One That Will Drive You Mad September 29, 2021

The Reading List, No. 4: More Books I’ve Recently Completed September 22, 2021

Sorry, But This Might Sting A Little…. September 15, 2021September 16, 2021

The Week a Beatle Knocked 9/11 Off the Front Page September 6, 2021September 10, 2021

My Moment of Clarity About Facebook (In Which I Finally Say: F**k Facebook) September 3, 2021September 4, 2021

Color TV September 1, 2021

Boomers, the Joneses, and the Voodoo of Writing August 24, 2021August 25, 2021

History Keeps Repeating Itself, And People Keep Ignoring It August 20, 2021

On a Bicycle Built for One August 17, 2021

The Reading List: More Books I Recently Completed August 15, 2021August 15, 2021

Expat Chronicles: America Was Fun, Flying Sucks, And I Can’t Sleep August 10, 2021August 10, 2021