Now that summer is officially over, I find myself reflecting on the events of the last season. There were several singular occurrences, and most of them were bad. There was a solar eclipse, the death of a dear friend, a period of hurricane/tornado warnings that finally culminated in a degraded tropical storm that struck, leaving us without power for several days, and a number of relatively mild, personal struggles. The season had begun with a shocking revelation that two prison guards whom…..
Today is Labor Day, and it has been only a couple of weeks since we lost the man who, for millions, was associated with this holiday for so many years: Jerry Lewis. He founded and hosted the Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, which raised almost two and a half billion dollars over a forty-five-year span! The money was used, among other things, to fund research on the dreaded disease. It saddens me that there will soon be a generation who has never experienced the Labor Day…..
On the twenty-first of August, I completely ignored the much-heralded solar eclipse. Ordinarily, I would have at least glanced outside at the scheduled time, but in the wee hours of the morning, my dear friend Milton Gardner, Sr., had passed away. I was called shortly thereafter, and his death consumed my thoughts from then on. And I am still thinking about him… what an extraordinary man he was and how very blessed I was to have known him. The cliché about not knowing what you…..
To put it bluntly, the inspiration for the book was a cat that “took up with me” and, in fact, behaved a lot like Leo. However, as any writer worth his salt knows, there is a phenomenon where the characters in the narrative take over and are rather aggressive about how their stories should be told. This is the fun part for the writer, because at this point, he or she is whisked away to a magical land where the muse speaks,…..
Welcome to my Website! Whether you are visiting intentionally or you accidentally stumbled upon this site, I am glad you are here. And in either case, I (naturally) hope that you will order my book One Tough Cat: An Animal Tale For Adults. Most of us already know that our pets have personalities. In fact, science backs up this notion. Observing human traits, such as loyalty, obedience, and courage in our animals, serves to bond us with our furry friends……