On his first week exposed to the world, I met my new grandson. I spent two weeks visiting each day, watching his gradual awareness of new...

We need relief from political drama, now more than ever. Al Franken delivers a dose in his Al Franken, Giant of the Senate. From the...

That’s a bold heading isn’t it: “Steve Jobs and Me.” Who do I think I am? Well I considered “Bill Gates and me,” but Steve, bless his depart

I’m pleased to announce that I’ve won an award for my writing from the Delaware Press Association. I took second place in the Personality...

The Shadow of the Evening (L’Ombra Della Sera) is a novel that starts with a bucolic summer in rural Virginia for two cousins and ends...

When did we separate the movies from the written word? Most movies are based on books. A writer had a story to tell and painted an image...

Hillbilly Elegy is a memoir combined with frequent statistical observations about life in Appalachia. The result is a thoughtful insight...

When I was a kid, glued to the screen of a fourteen-inch black and white TV, the good guys wore white hats. Watching Wild Bill Hitchcock,...

I picked up the latest Esquire magazine. The cover features Javier Bardem and an ad for the latest Alfa Romeo, the Giulia. Perhaps I’m...

I learned to play the piano as a young man. Never spent the time needed to be good, and the lack of talent held me back as well. I’ve...

The Book Pipeline Competition is an annual search for books that have the promise of attracting a movie deal. Leaving Lisa did not make...

Facebook has an interesting way of reminding you of the past. I’m talking about the system posting on your page a photo from X number of...

I’ve been a fan of Michael Chabon ever since The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. That book made me read his earlier work, The...

Three points I’ll make about Antigua: First, you must pronounce it right. It’s as if the ‘u’ was not there: An – tig’ –a. My first...

What more can be written about Paris that has not already been written? City of Lights, of Love, of the Lost Generation of Stein,...

Technology takes unpredicted turns. Ever since the 1939 Worlds Fair, tech pundits imagined flying cars. Never happened, but drones...

The movie Genius tells the story of a book editor. You’ve heard of Ernest Hemmingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Thomas Wolfe. Unlikely you...

It was a special occasion calling for a special family gathering. To celebrate both Christmas and Ellen’s birthday, which occurs only...

I distribute a good portion of my books through Amazon and most of those are the Kindle version. Amazon provides graphs to track sales....

I read a report in The Washington Post this morning on the phenomenon of recording children’s antics for public consumption in the era of...