In the early 1980s, I was on my higher education journey at SUNY New Paltz. Writing Composition, I and II were new things required of all first-year students. Like many college youth, I thought I knew everything and was totally confident in my abilities even though that confidence was based in absolutely no academic...
On November 30, 2021, at Oxford High School in Oxford, Michigan, a little after one-o’clock in the afternoon, Ethan Crumbley, fifteen-years-old, exited in the boys bathroom with a semi-automatic in hand and started shooting. Four students were killed in the attack, seven injured, and hundreds left with deep psychological shock and trauma that will...
What: OUT OF THIS WORLD Poetry event Where: Saugerties, NY at the Newberry Artisan Market-right on Main What time- 12 to 7 Who: Everyone who is anyone Why: No better way to start 2024 I’ll be there, will you? Directly from the FB Invite: The seven-hour event OUT OF THIS WORLD will feature more...
I have taken up a new hobby in retirement all because of my daughter’s upcoming nuptials. She decided she wanted to wear a vintage dress, something from the 1940ies. She found her dream dress on eBay, and I bid on it. Without warning, I received a notice from the seller that the dress was...
In one of my Zoom readings, I read the prologue of my novel, Diamond City. This prologue was cut out of the final copy of the book. My cousin, Scott, has been passing my book along to others to read and wanted to give them the opportunity to read the Prologue. This prologue is told...
During Covid-19 I had the honor of winning the Stephen DiBiase prize for poetry. This even is usually coupled with a reading but because of Covid there was no reading. Well, this year, I have been asked to read with the current winners. A great afternoon of poetry. I am so happy that poetry...
My first adult full-length novel, Diamond City, hits the bookshelves today. You can, of course, order it off Amazon or whatever site you normally order books. Please ask for it at your local library and your local bookstores, too! The reviewers say: From the pacing of the story down to the characters’ palpable paranoia and tension,...
I will be a guest on WDST Radio 100.1 on Sunday, March 26th at 7:30 a.m. with poet Guy Reed and host Victoria Sullivan. We’ll be reading some of our poems and talking poetry. Tune in if you’re up early!...
Today, at a news conference, the Philadelphia police identified “The Boy In the Box.” For those of you who haven’t heard of “The Boy in the Box,” also sometimes called “America’s Unknown Child,” he is a four year old boy who was found on February 25, 1957, murdered in a bassinet box in a...
So, you want to write a novel? Every November, is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and people all over the world write for thirty days and quite a few get a first draft of a novel. I am joining forces with NaNoWriMo’s Young Writers Program and the Poughkeepsie Library to help teens write novels....
The Warner Library is hosting my Astrology 101 program on Wednesday, May 18th at 7:00 PM via Zoom. Free and open to all. Register here: https://bit.ly/3ON0Tte....
