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...]

Many people go into panic mode when they think of getting an MRI. To them, it’s like being stuck in a locked coffin with a jackhammer being piped in. I have never had that problem. I like being enfolded in things. If I had been Cleopatra, I would have loved being rolled up in … [Read more...]