It was in January, 1971, when I was not quite sixteen years old, that I decided I wanted to take a shot at getting a piece of my fiction published. And by “published,” I didn’t mean doing so by being included in […]
I had in mind a substantial blog entry to make up for the brevity of the one I uploaded a couple of weeks ago. Best laid plans. Deadline pending. So, instead, I will continue with the series of posts revealing sources of […]
Long ago, during my mid-twenties, I worked for a furniture manufacturer. I was their graphic artist and the guy responsible for generating their marketing materials, from catalog sheets and price lists to the ad slicks, i.e. line illustrations of the product accompanied […]
The headstone — as you can see in the photograph I’ve included here — stood alone, at least thirty paces from any other marker in the little one-acre graveyard. Still, it was there, intact and still upright, and I was grateful for […]
