Archive for July 2015

The Bible, Bette Davis and The Matrix

This spirituality column was published in 2008 in The Patriot Ledger, but it remains one of my favorites. In public schools, the Bible has been thrown out with the bath water. Down the drain has gone its rich literary influence. Younger people often draw a blank at Old Testament or gospel references. Recently, I talked […]

Writing workshop revelations – Cape Cod

“So how did the July 18 Escape to the Cape Writing Workshop go?”  Unexpected.  Magical. Revealing.  All elements yearned for by a writer. (I breathed a sigh of relief.)  I’ll do it again on August 22.  (See link at the end). When hypnotic recall exercises are used for writing, surprising paths beckon. On July 18, […]

I found my half sister

About 1965 was the last time I saw Jeannette. I was ten and she was 18. Now I’m 60 and only recently I’ve been searching for my half-sister. An obituary is a sad place to end. She died in 2012 at the age of 65.  It was the same year when an intuitive itch came […]

Unicorn sighting: politician who loves journalists

Unicorn sighting: Imagine a former member of the U. S. House of Representatives who embraces the Fourth Estate and finds journalists vital.  Below is the kind of no-nonsense, straight talk from Lee Hamilton who now serves as Director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University.  His talk was aimed at columnists who attended the […]

July 18 – Writing Workshop with Suzette, Cape Cod

A rare writing experience on Cape Cod with Suzette Standring using meditative recall to mine memories. Saturday, July 18, 2015 Escape to the Cape Writing Workshop Using Hypnotic Recall to Create Spellbinding Stories East Falmouth, MA (address to be given to registrants) 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Limited to 20 Attendees; $95.00 Lunch included Summer […]