Monthly Archives: May 2013

TV Drug Commercials

Use Pylorexene with caution.  Side effects may include nausea, internal bleeding, blindness, stroke, desire to commit suicide or murder, uncontrollable urges to stick your finger into an electric light socket, to pee on a neighbor’s new car, or to shoplift … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Sample Chapter from New Book in Progress

This is from my book, Mum’s the Word, Secrets of a Family.  It is the story of a family trying to hide the fact that the father is a raging alcoholic.  There is pathos but also humor throughout the book, which … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Gray Hair and Aging

We live in a nation that has a terrible phobia of aging.  Our youth-centered values saturate the media on everything from cars to clothing and entertainment.  Since the 1920’s, “the age of gin and flappers,” we have increasingly shunned the … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

The Odyssey Revisited

From December 6, 2012 until April 27, 2013, I was living in the beautiful Pompano Beach condo that belongs to my partner Jim and me. Jim needs to work two more years before his retirement, so our cat Riggs lives … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment