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Country Roads
I confess that I love to take rides in the car, especially on scenic byways. Last month, I was able to take one of my favorite rides, the Turquoise Trail that runs from east of Albuquerque to Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is not the fastest or most direct route to Santa Fe, but then…
A Life Well-lived
Last week, my wife awoke with a premonition that someone close had passed away. My wife doesn’t have these premonitions often, but this was not the first premonition she had that preceded news of a friend passing away. Opening her computer, she found Randy Borman’s obituary. Randy Borman is certainly not a household name, but…
Lessons From The Road
My wife and I managed to miss the cold snap last week by being in New Mexico for both work and play. New Mexico is one of our favorite places to visit, its beauty on display from every direction. What I hadn’t anticipated was how much of our stay would have me confronted by national…
How Long Does Fame Last?
Let’s begin with a strange question. Who among all the people living now will be remembered in a thousand years? We might assume that anyone from our era who will be remembered in 3025 must have been famous in his or her lifetime. Do we think that current political leaders, here or elsewhere in the…
Time To Take A Dna Test
Of all the continents, none has had a more troubling history than Africa. In Joseph Conrad’s masterpiece Heart of Darkness, Conrad sifts the metaphor of darkness from the African peoples to the Europeans who enslaved millions from West Central Africa and then divided up the entire continent into European colonies. It is only since the…
Here’s Mud In Your Eye
In the writing workshops I offer, I like to talk about mud. When I do, I often see a puzzled expression on the faces of participants, but there is a connection between mud and writing. My workshops are for people who have an idea for a book, fiction or non-fiction, but who want some advice…