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Encouragement abounds: “It’ll sell.” “It’s a great location.” “Only takes one buyer.” Then: “Tried burying that saint?” “Yeah, bury St. Joseph upside down in your backyard.” “Worked for my cousin.” Your house has been on the market too long when conversation turns to St. … [Read more...]
Beginning in the third grade kids love having a substitute teacher. By "having" I mean "biting off parts of the teacher, chewing and swallowing the teacher, partially digesting the teacher, and then regurgitating the teacher back onto his own shoes before his feet are devoured, … [Read more...]
So you want to start a book club. Great. I did too. To help you get going, I’ll let you take a page from my book, as it were. (Book clubbers enjoy many hearty laughs at clever word play like that.) ªWhat clever word play?” Moving on—for starters, you’ll need a book to read … [Read more...]
As any writer can attest, getting on a creative roll is one of the best feelings in the world. When I want to, it’s easy. When I have to, it’s hard. And those times when I’m suddenly faced with the fact that the writing well is dry, I become even more moody and broody. So today … [Read more...]
Once upon a time there was a man named Sal. He was 60 years old when, after a decade of encouragement from his wife, his doctor, his wife’s doctor, his doctor’s wife and various fellow workers at the shipyard where he worked, Sal decided to get a colonoscopy … [Read more...]