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March 29, 2020
It’s a strange (no pun intended) new world we live in…I peer out from the blinds acknowledging we have ceded our patio to the creatures which inhabit the hill–a family of California quail, a pair of squirrels, the dark eyed juncos and towhee birds that forage in the leaves which, left unattended, have turned to mulch. Through all this, the […]
June 27, 2020
Last week, I procrastinated in writing about “Bad Reviews” on Amazon. I had recently received my first bad review and was stung by its tenor and content. The review came across as scolding–like “why did you waste my time with this book–so full of shallow characters, too many footnotes, etc. A real writer would have explored each of these characters […]
June 18, 2020
It has been difficult this week to select a subject worthy of attention. Initially, I wanted to share the pain and trauma that comes with receiving a less than stellar review on Amazon, especially when the most positive comment was “this book was so-so,” the rest of the review precipitously headed downhill. However, because there is a political and cultural […]
June 4, 2020
When we arrived in the COVID haunted airport, my sister and her husband were already waiting for us curbside in the car. “Hurry,” exhorted my sister, “he’s going quickly.” Five months earlier, we were hugging my father outside a Courtyard Marriott hotel in Long Island. At 90 years of age , he was still the image of a man in […]
May 12, 2020
These are strange times (no pun intended)! This Sinatra tune keeps rattling around in my head—“riding high in April, shot down in May.[1]” One day I’m looking at a week replete with author events—a book signing at Barnes & Noble, presentations to the Sisters in Crime writing group up the coast, to the students at a local university and Senior citizens […]
December 8, 2019
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November 13, 2019
Book Shares Highs and Lows Experienced Along Camino de Santiago THE SOUTHERN CROSS • NOVEMBER 2019 Reviewed by Father Charles Fuld If you are thinking of going on a month-long retreat sometime in the coming year, here is an idea to consider: Hike the 500-mile Camino de Santiago, a pilgrimage route also known as the Way of St. James that leads to the Cathedral […]
