Category: reflections

  • Book publishing and me.

    Book publishing and me.

    I could have figured what I needed to do long ago. Back when I was young and just getting good at my first real job. Even before that, when I was in the Army, or even in college when I thought I wanted to make films. Or, when I realized…

  • floods

    In October, 1955, we had a terrible flood in my home town that left three feet of water in our basement. I was eight. I still remember standing on the basement stairs watching stuff float by — years of photos and memorabilia on the loose, the past drowning. Much was…

  • getting old

    The trouble with getting old, if you’re not careful, is coming to believe that you’ve got it all figured out. By the time you get old, the temptation to figure it out has been with you a long time. Once you start believing that you’ve got it all figured out,…

  • About blogging

    I have a love-hate thing, apparently, with blogging. Since I can remember, or at least since I was 7, I’ve always seen myself writing. Blogging is the perfect way for me to quickly and easily write down my ideas, musings, and reflections. And yet, I have this mostly insurmountable barrier…