Nothing up my sleeve…
Reading Time: 5 minutes – WRITING LIFE – How an internship for Reader’s Digest launched my interest in Houdini and a story that would haunt me for life.
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The Old Man and the Seed
Reading Time: 6 minutes – HUMOR – The old man and his wife moved to the country from the suburbs. And the squirrels moved with them. Illustrated and inspired by true events.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes – RHETORIC REFEREE – The words ‘If True’ make the difference between real and fake news, especially in an echo chamber.
Read More The Indefensible ‘If True’The Moral Equivalent
Reading Time: 7 minutes – SHORT STORY – In this scene from “He Said, She Said,” the owner of the Morning Sun and Evening Star tells “the troops” just what it means to go to war with an unseen enemy.
Read More The Moral Equivalent‘Living Here’ — Beginner Error
Reading Time: 2 minutes – WRITING – A first try at my first book weighs in at 3,219 pages. Apparently some editing is in order.
Read More ‘Living Here’ — Beginner Error‘Living Here’ — Starting over
Reading Time: 2 minutes – ON WRITING -With permission from the Republican-American, I plan to self-publish “Living Here” columns to benefit the newspaper’s charity, the Greater Waterbury Campership Fund.
Read More ‘Living Here’ — Starting overThe birth of Bubble Wrap
Reading Time: 5 minutes – HISTORY – Bubble Wrap failed as wallpaper and insulation before its inventors struck on the idea of packaging. Excerpt from nomination of Alfred W. Fielding and Marc A. Chavannes to National Inventors Hall of Fame.
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