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Life of a Writer and Minimalist
In my life of a writer and minimalist, I don't want or wish for much with regard to material goods. In fact the other day in a wine cellar I spend time in, a man from Indianapolis asked me, "How did you end up here?" When I attempted to explain my simple life of...
Life of a Writer in Search of New York
The winter months have truly been broadcast among us with raging winds, blowing snow, and three-foot drifts in the front yard with the life of a writer in search of New York gazing out the window. My writing has brought me out of the creative studio and into the...
Life of a Writer – thus I continue…
It has been a long 5 months since signing on and adding to the Life of a Writer series, thus I continue. I have worked relentlessly on The Penny, including an October writing trip to Andersonville Prison in Georgia where my great-great grandfather was interred during...
Life of a writer
As I sit and dwell, no ruminate, on the latest novel being discovered, I find a depression that explains to me the life of a writer. A sorrow and an emotional drain that pours into the soul to the depth of a black hole. A reality check of my life streams through my...
Reaching into your depth
Recently, I placed a favorite website, I began 6 years ago, on hold: tomspoetry.com. I wasn't able to devote the time I should due to life changes (all positive) and I simply became more about my other writing. So in that vein, I will begin some of the same...
Public sentiment and keeping your sanity
So as I peruse the papers, the wire services, social media, listen to the radio, and, even once in a while, turn on the TV, I am flabbergasted at the public sentiment created out of purely insane reactions. Have we become so enmeshed in reality TV and always being...
R.I.P. Americans
As I begin the spring and summer season of book talks and signings, I become preoccupied with topical subjects to address. I really wish to continue the engaging practice of informing audiences about the behind the scenes political process, the trail of campaign...
Dark money of politics entering local venues
In a previous post, I discussed the dark money of politics entering local venues, and I'm here today to tell you it's happening faster than I believe anyone could have imagined - but I think the people are seeing the results and not liking the outcomes. So, to back...
Finishing a novel
Two weeks ago, I went snowshoeing into the woods for two days at a cabin in Wilderness State Park, walked out, went to Washington D.C. to finish a novel and a two-year love affair with a manuscript that began on a backpacking trip to Isle Royal several years ago. The...
Patriotism without war
In my daily travels around the bay, I listen to various opinions about our country and the discussions of what or who we're suppose to be, and I ask many: can we have patriotism without war? I know that seems like an odd question, but in reality, I truly wonder -...
Super PAC's and dark money
Now that the primary season is underway, the elections loom in November, but until then, we have to wade through candidates, donors, super PAC's and dark money. In my Super PAC trilogy, you can read about the time just before the 2010 Citizen's United decision in the...
The Emotions of Writing
Today I paint and write at the same time which tantalize the emotions of writing. Whether it's brush strokes or the stroke of a pen, the emotion comes through in many ways. Sometimes anger catapults onto the paper in broad, strong swaths or in harsh soliloquies...