As most of you know, I was brought up in a world where however staunchly my father supported Adlai Stevenson, he was still capable of listening with respect to the man who first warned us about the military-industrial complex, President Eisenhower. It has disturbed me for a long time to find that I now occupy a world where it appears that this kind of thing is no longer possible. Regrettably left/right agreement can’t bring back a single child that was lost in this most recent shooting, but I, at least, think it means something that I can staunchly agree with the first paragraph in this presents-both-sides report I subscribe to despite its having been written by a conservative. And, however much I oppose the NRA, I can certainly “hear” a right-winger saying of future school shootings: “How many parents will bring guns with them and race for the school’s entrance before the cops can stop them? If you have reason to fear that your local PD won’t put their lives on the line to save your child, you have only one option.” But…what do you think?
Tumbleweed
For those of you curious about where I got the inspiration for my most recent book, Rococo, here’s the flash fiction from whence it came…on one of the many days in which I found myself thoroughly disgusted by self-help books. Toeing an anti-depressant wrapper, she loitered at the western edge…
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Follow the Flavor
Guest Post by Sondra Fink I love food. I love that vegetables need vinegar or lemon to break down their cell walls so your body can absorb their nutrients. They need whole fats too – your vegetable’s nutrients are fat-soluble. Fats carry those nutrients to your cells so your body…
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Barnett Berger: A Rare Soul
In a community of Brooklyn writers, it is perhaps fitting that Barnett Berger was first met on a bus route, the No. 71, which no longer exists. He was carrying an old book that likely shares the same fate. He explained that he spoke slowly because he’d suffered a stroke. …
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Check out my newly released sci fi novella, Ships!
SHIPS: Yet another sci fi novella I had a lot of fun writing, though this one’s a bit of a “soft” sci fi…slipstream, as they call it…with large parts set in present time and ordinary circumstances that are equally accessible to non-sci-fi readers. (Still, along with my usual snarky/politically incorrect…
Read MoreBoomers for the Stars Kindle version now on sale for a mere 99 cents
Okay…I did get a little carried away fancying up the paperback version of my latest sci fi novella, the result being that it’s retailing for $14.99 on Amazon. But now that it’s available elsewhere, including a 99-cent Kindle version, do you forgive me? Hmmmm? Boomers for a mere 99 cents…
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