With these words, I begin each new book.  I press the little button on top of my brand new "nook," read the sentence, and wait.  And wait a little more.  It's the price to pay for an exciting "largest font that's in your face" kind of reading.   I k… Read full post »

 

 

I have had the privilege and luxury of being home this summer with my two teenage daughters.  One is readying for college and time with her is precious and limited, but I did get to take her dorm shopping which filled me with great joy.  (Though my heart is do… Read full post »

  I can’t remember the last time I was unemployed for the summer.  For the last seven or eight years I had some sort of regular employment, part time, or at the local summer camp.  But not this year.  Just how it worked out, I guess.  I’m trying to adjust t…

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 If you look long enough at the picture, it almost looks like your colon is smiling, see the dimples on either side of the smile.  That's what mine may have looked like today.  But I don't want to get ahead of myself.

I was on my side I remember, the "colonoscopy"… Read full post »

 

My Morning at the West Point Graduation Exercises -

May 22, 2010

I have been in some wondrous places…like the Eiffel Tower, on the beach at the Hotel Atlantis in the Bahamas….but it doesn’t compare to my morning at West Point.  The excitement was just all over… Read full post »

 

 

“So good night America

 

Sleep tight America

No apologies are necessary

All that you’ve given

Will not be forgotten

By we who love and defend liberty.” 

 - from "American Soldiers Lullaby"

(words and music by Gene Roth, Slider Ruler Music)

Gene Ro… Read full post »

 

 (Liz Kiczalis displays the jewelry being raffled for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society hike)

 

Training for a Great Cause - by MJ Hanley-Goff

 

Liz Kiczalis is a soft spoken lady, with a hint of a European accent.  A jeweler for the past 20 or so years, and owner o/… Read full post »

 They are everywhere in my house.  On counters, on shelves, on the snack table, on the kitchen table, in the car, and in the tote bag I carry.  It’s a sickness of some sort, I know.  It’s not something I’ve mentioned to a doctor yet.  I just don&rsquo/… Read full post »

 

 

 

Between their two families, Matt and Kerry, the co-directors of Pets Alive in Middletown, have adopted fourteen dogs, four horses, and maybe a cat or two.  That’s eighteen creatures living happy lives after no longer able to live in their pre/… Read full post »

So, I was reading the Sunday papers today, and page after page was nothing but bad news, scary news, forecasts of even scarier news.   Nothing favorable or positive seemed to be going on in the world.  The job prospects for my area are dim, Albany is struggling to f… Read full post »

The initial reaction to this internet column, this collection of web stories has been very encouraging.  (Please don't call it a blog.)  I'm finding that most people have some really compelling story to tell.  It may have to do with their day job, or the hobby they enjoy in their off… Read full post »

I have left my "Open Salon" page go dormant for awhile.  It wasn't "gellin" for me, for lack of a better term.  Stories about me, my dog, my kids, my hobbies can only hold a reader's attention for so long.  Even I was starting to yawn.  So, I put it on… Read full post »

I was listening to a book on tape and learned the "blog" came from the phrase, "web log."  Now, saying I'm writing on a "web log" is so much more tasteful than saying I'm writing on a "blog."  Sounds like the sound a boat makes when it enters the harbor.  It… Read full post »

So, okay, the book is just about done, I'm in the final editing process.  It's due to iUniverse in two weeks.  Thereafter, I will need to choose a front and back cover, acquire an ISBN number, discuss fonts, and marketing plans.   It's not my choice, but what has to be d… Read full post »

What is this movie "Paranormal Activity"?  Ads on the internet feature scared-out-of-their-wits movie goers.  Great idea...hype the movie on "youtube," and request that people go and "demand" that it play in their local movie theatre.  I think I'll do just that with my upcoming no… Read full post »