Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Misnomers, Misconceptions, Oxymorons and Malapropisms

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I was writing something about misconceptions this week, which got me thinking about interesting words about words. I'm pretty sure most ...
Sunday, November 1, 2026

Drawn Near: A Fawn, a Sunset, and a Poem

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As a Young Fawn, I As a young fawn I, with awkward step found an opening in the wood; unfolding eyes beheld and touched what I could little ...
Saturday, October 31, 2026

The Writer's Craft, the Writer's Soul

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The following are quotes about writing that I'd collected and shared on my original website in 1995. Writers, as you might imagine, are ...
Thursday, October 29, 2026

AI Meets the Art of Ennyman

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A GALLERY OF ORIGINAL WORK With the exception of the building, a foto taken in Florence in 2023, the images on this page are created using m...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Manufacturing Consent: Do We Really Live in a Democracy?

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THINGS I AM THINKING ABOUT DEPT. I've been intrigued by the concept of "manufacturing consent" as popularized by political the...
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Friday, October 23, 2026

The First-Class Passenger (Another Fun Chekhov Story)

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Somewhere along my writing journey I remember someone saying there were only 36 dramatic situations  from which all stories are built. It ma...
Thursday, October 22, 2026

The Cuban Revolution Didn't Happen in a Vacuum

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A few thoughts about Castro and the Cuban Revolution. Context is everything. Without understanding the circumstances surrounding an event, a...