
Exchanging devotion
The subject line of an email caught my attention last month: Devotional Exchange.

Remedies for the Evil Eye
Around Valentine’s Day this year, I received several emails of the chain letter variety asking me to forward a cheery aphorism to five friends in exchange for the beneficence of good luck.


On the Question of Otherness
Of late I’ve been thinking about how the past influences us, sometimes even haunts us.

The Conditions of Love - THE MOVIE!
Marshal Zeringue recently asked me to "dreamcast" my thoughts about a movie version of The Conditions of Love.

On Writing Blogs
Dear Esteemed Friends and Curious Visitors:
Sorry to be so long away! My apologies if you’ve visited this site and found nothing new.

My Social Media Dilemma
Right from the start of my writing life I fell into the habit of writing everything out in long-hand on a yellow legal pad using a black Pilot pen.

The Dark Side of the 50’s, Suffering, and a Writer’s Education: Marshal Zeringue’s The Page 69 Test
Marshal McLuhan, last century’s great communication theorist, declared that if you turn to page 69 in a book and like it, you’ll like the entire book. It’s a fascinating concept, one Marshal Zeringue has used for his blog called The Page 69 Test.