October 2, 2021Things to Get you In The Mood (Essay Re-post, 812 Word Count)Word Count: 812 Things to Get You in the Mood Who doesn’t love the month leading up to Halloween? Even though it gets colder […]
September 12, 2021My Own Version of September Song (Essay Re-post with update, 1068 Word Count)Seems as if I’ve gotten into the nice habit of re-posting this essay every year at this time. This time around, I’ve updated it in a […]
August 27, 2021Bop Till You Almost Drop (Essay, 828 Word Count) This essay was published in the local newspaper last Thursday, I figured folks out there would get a kick out of reading it. […]
August 15, 2021Nultiple Shifts in a Person’s Life Perspective (Short Story, 4680 Word Count I wrote this short stoy as a response to an Olympic preview show I watched that talked about the emergence of all these adrenaline-type sports all […]
July 30, 2021Sleepless in Summer 2021 (Essay, 1083 Word Count)This essay relates to an unusual practice that seems to have become a regular part of my routine this summer. Isn’t much fun when it’s happening, […]
July 6, 2021All Mediocre Things Thankfully Come to an End (Essay, Word Count; 1251)This essay is similar to one I wrote a few years ago in relation to the running career, which as I get up there in years, […]
June 19, 2021Sweet, Sweet, Solstice in Silverton (Essay, 770 Word Count)This essay is an update of an earlier one that was originally posted in 2014, and again in 2018. An extensive re-write took place in order […]
June 4, 2021Navigating Those Strange Changes (Essay, 684 Word Count)This essay is a classic example of just how difficult it is to get published (self-publishing and blog posts don’t count…) in this day and age. […]
May 21, 2021The Gym/Shower Punishment (Essay Repost, 1131 Word Count)The original of this essay was actually written and posted to the blog way back in 2015. A friend of mine asked me for an essay […]