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

Back to London, And Back to Work August 7, 2021August 8, 2021

Expat Chronicles: A Pre-Travel Travel Blog July 19, 2021July 19, 2021

Book News: A Review of “Voodoo Hideaway” on Readers’ Favorite July 14, 2021

Expat Chronicles: No, It’s Not Coming Home, Mate July 12, 2021

The Reading List: More Books I Recently Completed July 7, 2021July 7, 2021

My F**ked Up Wimbledon Experience June 28, 2021

A Very Voodoo Spotify Playlist June 23, 2021June 26, 2021

The Day of the Voodoo June 20, 2021June 26, 2021

Father’s Day is Sunday: Buy Him the Best Gift Ever June 15, 2021June 26, 2021

Lucky 13: Stupid S**t June 9, 2021

Book News: Voodoo Hideaway Promotion on Goodreads June 2, 2021

Expat Chronicles: A Wee Trip to Belfast June 1, 2021

The Reading List: Books I Recently Completed May 26, 2021June 26, 2021

When Only Memories Remain May 19, 2021

Expat Chronicles: Cooking and Eating in London, Without Your Favorite Hot Sauce May 11, 2021May 12, 2021

Coming to Grips With Writing in the 21st Century May 4, 2021May 4, 2021

Where the Heart Is April 27, 2021

Expat Chronicles: A Tale of Two Countries April 21, 2021April 21, 2021

Expat Chronicles: Lockdown Lifts! A Prince Passes April 13, 2021April 13, 2021

Expat Chronicles: Snow in April; Covid Forever April 5, 2021

Basketball, You Saucy Temptress You March 31, 2021April 1, 2021

Expat Chronicles: Looking West Toward Home, With Guns Staring Back March 23, 2021March 23, 2021

Cash Customer March 22, 2021March 22, 2021

“Voodoo Hideaway” Now On Sale, So Get Those Orders In! March 17, 2021June 26, 2021

Expat Chronicles: Meg and Harry, Race and Royals March 16, 2021March 18, 2021

My Book Cover, Explained March 15, 2021March 15, 2021

Eternal Blattidae March 14, 2021March 15, 2021

The Fight of the Century, A Half-Century On March 8, 2021March 8, 2021

Coming to Terms With Writing in an Awakening World March 2, 2021March 3, 2021

Earth-Shattering, Super-Exciting, Mind-Altering Book News!!!! (Or, News About a Book…) February 27, 2021February 27, 2021

Lucky 13: Movies You (I) Never Get Tired Of February 23, 2021February 24, 2021

Expat Chronicles: A Subway Scene in a Paranoid World February 16, 2021February 27, 2021

1977 February 9, 2021February 9, 2021

A Sports Blog – Because Thousands of You Asked* February 2, 2021February 2, 2021

Lucky 13: A YouTube Guide to Happy Little Videos That Help You Sleep January 26, 2021January 27, 2021

Only In The Darkness January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

Expat Chronicles: Three Years in London, And Safe at Home January 13, 2021January 13, 2021

Why, America? Why? January 9, 2021January 10, 2021

Lucky 13: A Baker’s Dozen of Favorite Songs That Will Break Your Poor Little Heart January 4, 2021January 5, 2021

2020 Gets the Third Degree December 29, 2020December 30, 2020

Expat Chronicles: Have Yourselves A Merry Little Christmas December 22, 2020December 22, 2020

Lucky 13: A Quick Word About the Best Words in the English Language December 15, 2020December 16, 2020

Expat Chronicles: Now is the Winter of Our Vaccines December 9, 2020December 9, 2020

And Now, A Bit of Publishing News…. December 5, 2020