Two things are taking up much of my brain space these days.   The first, as you might suspect, is Mom. We’re gearing up for her Celebration of Life on Saturday, July 26. I’ve been looking for whatever photos I have of her, scanning them, and forwarding them for...

This week, we explore a backyard agricultural phenomenon, an apricot tree so heavy with fruit that, in spite of thinning and culling, three large limbs have snapped! I call this phenomenon “overbearing.”   Isn’t that what you call someone who’s really bossy?...

Last week, In a Movie: Part One ended with this question: But how would I do in the production process?   So how did you do?   That’s a complex question, 9. For context, my only previous exposure to movie/TV production happened in 1998. I was in the studio...

Last February, three different people asked if I wanted to be in a movie. One was a dance studio friend who writes and shoots his own short projects. His inquiry wasn’t tied to a specific project; he just said he’d like to use me in something sometime in the undefined...

Sometimes you just have to slow down. It might be due to a physical condition, overwhelming events, or an emotional reaction. For me right now, it’s the last two items on the list, prompted by Mom’s death less than two months ago. I continue to write, do my workouts,...

It’s a funny thing. When writing a near-future fantasy/mythology novel and deciding to incorporate the actual Gregorian Calendar dates in the text, it didn’t fully occur to me that one day those days would come. The day book three in my “G” series, Beyond Big-G City,...