Ready, Set, Revise!

I finished the first draft of my first novel a couple weeks ago. Yep, I f-i-n-i-s-h-e-d the first draft. But it’s not “done” yet, it’s just waiting for me to get up a second head of steam. It’s been lying in wait while I give it a rest and work on other projects....

Casting “Killer Clam Tide”

Tonight and tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the River City Theater in Ilwaco, we’ll be holding auditions for the five one-act plays selected for this year’s One-Act Festival to be performed the last weekend in August. Rita Smith will be directing my play, “Killer Clam Tide” (a...

Fulfilling your life’s purpose

My Law of Attraction guru, Michael Losier, is at work on his new book, “Fulfillment Needs.” I seriously doubt I will ever read it… Unless, of course, I decide to use it as a teaching tool for others while I’m wearing my life-coaching hat. Oh, I love Michael to...

My two baseball teams

Right up front, let me once again affirm that I’m a Seattle Mariner’s fan, through and through, from the crown of my head to the tips of my toes. However… Once upon a time, let’s call it 1969, and for one year only, the Pilots were Seattle’s major league...

Solstice, anyone?

At 5:16 p.m. today (UTC), the sun will, at least metaphorically, stand still. It happens twice each year, in June and December. A solstice occurs when the sun reaches its northernmost or southernmost extremes, and today’s the day. The sun is moving neither north nor...