Year: 2015

It is almost breakfast time and my wife Jean is in the kitchen preparing a wonderful meal for us as she does most mornings. What will it be, fresh eggs with ham or bacon or […]

Years ago I wrote a song and one line went like this, “The things a fella thinks about when he doesn’t know what’s wrong, could fill a book and still have plenty left to write […]

Back in 1976 I had the honor of  presenting at the Creative Problem Solving Institute at Buffalo University with my friend and sometimes partner Herb True PhD on the topic Humor and Creativity. There were […]

I was making our bed this morning and as I tossed the quilt that I believe I have had for over 20 years into place I noticed this dedication at the bottom. “For Dad…Love Amy..with […]

I was drafted into the Army on April 9th, 1951, for the KOREAN POLICE ACTION. The first thing I learned was “Don’t volunteer for anything.” Pretty good advice. They would trick us. The Sgt. would […]

Poets might make strange bedfellows, although, right offhand I cannot recall ever getting in bed with one. I must confess that I feel very awkward in the company of folks who call themselves “poets.” In […]

How many times in your lifetime have you asked yourself, “Am I doing the right thing?”  If you were asking about the career path you have followed then I hope your answer might be “Absolutely […]

For these past two weeks I have been walking down Memory Lane with my good friend Bill Tatroe, a man who has worked with me creating covers and illustrations for many of my published books. […]