Terry Gross from Fresh Air on NPR broadcasted her interview with musician Sam Baker this last week. He didn’t start writing music until after he came close to death in 1986 on a train in Peru traveling to Machu Picchu. Since I’ve been on that train in 2000 and 2002, I stopped my car to […]
Quotes for Writers
Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. -E.L. Doctorow Hear the meaning within the word. –William Shakespeare Realize that everything connects to everything else. ― Leonardo da Vinci
Cooking
In Recipes and Recollections of My Greek-American Family, Elaine Manolakas Schmitz shares her family’s traditional recipes and tales. It’s a beautiful book with color photos and high quality paper. She tells about two families who migrated from villages in Greece to Greektown Detroit, Michigan. “As they settled, mingled, and grew, they maintained their culture, customs, […]
Movie Theaters
For me, the holidays are a time to see a show in a movie theater. Netflix and On Demand etc. are great, but leaving the house to go to a theater is a treat. This year, we saw the Imitation Game and Big Eyes. We might go to a couple more movies before 2015. Benedict […]
Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays to all my friends, fellow writers and bloggers. And to everyone, a good night.
Do You Have a Character with a Diastema?
Diastema could be a distinguishing feature in a character for a short story or novel. Diastema is the space between the upper front teeth. Some celebrities have diastema, Madonna, Woody Harrelson, Jack Black, Elton John, Brigitte Bardot, Michael Strahan, Condoleezza Rice, LeAnn Rimes, Ron Howard, Eddie Murphy, Samuel L. Jackson, Rhea Perlman, Seal, Ernest Borgnine, […]
Top Ten Words
I agree with Violet, do you?