A month from today I will be in Tennessee, visiting with my writer friend Kay Elam, and attending the “Killer Nashville” mystery writing conference. By then, I shall have two 72,000-word cozy mysteries “completed” and ready to pitch. The short-term plan for that...
Anybody out there old enough to remember this 1977 movie? It starred Elliot Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston (yes, that Sam Waterston), Hal Holbrook and O.J. Simpson (yes, that O.J. Simpson). There’s even a short cameo by Telly Savalas. The premise...
Take time out for a two-part exercise in fun today. Part One is to make an honest attempt to equally apply the July 18 horoscope reproduced below to the following people: Vin Diesel (45), Nelson Mandela (94), Red Skelton, John Glenn (91), James Brolin (72), Harriet...
Let’s see… 2013 minus 1928… You have to borrow from the one to make it 13 minus the 8. Okay, that’s 5. Then double borrow over to the 2 to make the second zero a 10, now minus the 2 and get 8… The 19s cancel each other out so… OMG! My father will be 85 years old...
Thirty-four years ago today, on July 12, 1979, I successfully passed the 4-hour oral examination to obtain my masters’ degree in education. I remember it like it was yesterday. In fact, I still have the unopened can of beer that was smuggled into Central Washington...
