Opening Pages and that First Line
I attended a small writer's workshop in Sacramento. One of the sessions included several agents. Participants submitted the first page of a work in progress. Chuck Sambuchino read the page…
Earworms and Writing Misquotes
Earworms can be annoying. I suffer from Musical Earworms and Word Earworms. Before I was married, my roommate was a piano tuner, and there was another tuner in the area…
Consolation Prize
I got a little plastic statue for second place at the Turkey Shoot at Rifle Club in high school. Yes, this was a different time. I hadn’t thought about it,…
Saturdays with “Sunday”
Time tends to slip away. Before I was married, I roomed with Jim Gaden. I met Jim in college and started taking piano lessons from him. On Saturdays, Jim fiddled…
Keyboards
I spend an inordinate amount of time at keyboards these days. I play the Steinway daily but have become displeased with its performance. It seems to make the same mistakes…
Colfax Excitement
It is time for an update on life in the burgeoning city of Colfax. When we see excitement, we usually lay down beside it and take a nap. The last…