How can we let this year go by without doing something to recognize the bicentennial year of the birth of Henry David Thoreau? Concord, Mass., the metaphysical heart of all things Thoreau, put together a website http://thoreaubicentennial.org/ with a full … Continue reading →
“Commitment,” a story based on my own fraught attempt at draft resistance during the Vietnam War, was published by the journal “3288 Review” two years ago. After watching most of the recent PBS documentary “The War in Vietnam,” I decided … Continue reading →
My short story about troubling days for a substitute high school teacher is up on the online journal “Beneath the Rainbow.” The editors did a great job designing a page for the story and were very generous with space for … Continue reading →
My poem on the difficult issue of living charitably and hospitably, as moral authorities such as the writers of the New Testament say we should, is appearing in the September issue of the online poetry journal, Verse-Virtual. The poem is … Continue reading →
Five mystery writers led by “sinister minister” Judy Campbell, the author of the Olympia Brown mysteries, will speak on the their writing process and their books and then take questions at Duxbury Library, 77 Alden St. on Tuesday, Aug. 29, … Continue reading →
It’s still inconvenient. It’s still the truth. If anything, more studies, more data, and more direct observation of the polar ice caps have only caused climate scientists to fast-forward their predictions of the catastrophic dislocations and probably disasters that rapid … Continue reading →
My poem titled “As A Tree,” appearing in this month’s issue of Verse-Virtual.com begins with a reference to the tree’s unblushing approach to reproduction, characteristic of the plant world’s expression of necessary physical functions such as growth, nutrition, birth … Continue reading →
My new poems “Chasing Ninety,” marking a dear relative’s milestone; “Family Way” on watching spring bring people together; and “As A Tree,” seeing the world through the point of view of a tree are published this month on Verse-Virtual.com, the … Continue reading →
I will be reading from my new book of poems, “Gardeners Do It With Their Hands Dirty” at Plymouth Public Library, 132 South St., Plymouth MA, on Monday, June 12, 7 p.m. Also a slide show of photos from the … Continue reading →
Two Massachusetts newspapers covered the release of my book of poems “Gardeners Do It With Their Hands Dirty.” The Old Colony Memorial, the community newspaper for the town of Plymouth, Mass., where I used to live and work, published a … Continue reading →