And now for something fiction-related: One of my stories is now available as a podcast. Remember podcasts? They were those sound files you could get on the Internets and listen to on a device called an “iPod.” Apparently that’s still a thing, even if iPods are not. A few months back I was contacted by a site called Crime City Central. The man in charge, Jack Calverly, […]
A little history lesson
You put things off and then one morning you wake up and say: Today I will clean out the garage. (Apologies to Charles Portis.) So I spent most of Friday ineffectually moving stuff around in an attempt to organize it. The garage did look tidier for a time, mostly because most of the crap (below right) was sitting out on the driveway. But the day wasn’t a […]
Going postal
When’s the last time you wrote a letter? I feel comfortable asking that because for me, it was only about an hour ago. (Never mind that it had probably been more than a year since I’d last done it.) I wrote to thank Mom for putting me up during my recent visit to Montana, and to apprise her of the latest news from sunny Florida. The reason […]
It’s a seller’s market
When you start getting unsolicited offers from people wanting buy your house, I’d say the market has definitely turned around. We got this letter in the mail yesterday, with no return address. Gerald, it’s clear, is talking about a top-dollar offer. You can tell because he has spared no expense in his property acquisition program. Those dollar signs don’t come cheap. I’m blurring out his phone number […]
We return now to the blogster’s navel
The Olympics lasted 17 days and I managed to view about 15 minutes of it, nursing a glass of wine in a seafood restaurant in Panama City. It was women’s curling, Switzerland vs. China. I didn’t notice who won. Then my grilled grouper arrived. Like the curling, it was unremarkable. See, this is why I don’t blog much any more: For some reason I’m finding it harder […]
Coming soon to a newstand near you
Today the mailman brought three copies of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. It’s the big March/April double issue. Naturally, I ignored all the stories in it except for the one that starts on Page 159: “Lost Horse Road.” That’s the one I wrote. It’s not the greatest story ever told, but it’s always nice seeing your name in print. It would be even nicer if I hadn’t already […]
The word that says it all
Sometimes as a kid I’d pick a word at random and just repeat it over and over. I found it interesting how quickly the word would lose its meaning and become just this odd sound issuing from my mouth. (Yeah, I had kind of a relaxed schedule as a kid.) I thought of this after Variety recently noted the new record for film use of the word […]
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