Books or Authors

Books or Authors

I was thinking about books that had an affect on me, lingered for a while, sometimes a long while. One by one they came back to life like old friends. If you have had similar books in mind, maybe you would like to share some of your favorites, too. Below are some of...
The Garage Renaissance Movement

The Garage Renaissance Movement

Why do we spend so much time beautifying our homes yet allowing our garage to look so bloody ugly? A few years back, we bought an older home in the Australian tropics on picturesque Clifton Beach. The house was nice but the floor of the garage was oil and paint...
At least I’m Sweat’n free

At least I’m Sweat’n free

It’s a craze we do up here while we’re drink’n beer and sweat’n dream’n bout the air being dry, when the heat’s not so upset’n cause when I wake up in the morn, I’m slimy wet from head to foot and when I’m sit’n on the throne, I keep a’slide’n off the toot Yes, I can...
The Revival of the Bigot’s Creed

The Revival of the Bigot’s Creed

While researching The Woman Left Behind, I had to deep-dive into my memory and the memories of others to retrieve stories about Greeks escaping their poor villages in search of a new life, money, and sometimes just adventure. Their arrival into the USA during the...