The Spin

The Spin

Conflict, drama, travail…life constantly spins little ‘hiccups’ into one’s cycle, no matter what the schedule, the plan. Jump in, jump back, circle around again, sort of like the spin cycle of a washing machine, a ‘soap opera’, if...
Panera’s Gray Panther Clientelle

Panera’s Gray Panther Clientelle

I belong to a writer group that convenes each Thursday morning at Panera Bread. We are not part of the Starbucks clan: we prefer a full menu of ‘feed your face’ options. While not all of the writers are Boomers, post-careerists who have plenty of time, I...
Beer Olympics

Beer Olympics

Everyone has secrets: some large, some small, some devastating, some exact. Some would pin you to the wall or land an ‘innocent’ in jail. Everyone has secrets: from their family, from their spouse, from themselves. It was a key learning point to my novel...
Dr. Scholl’s

Dr. Scholl’s

We are about to flip an epic page – well, not in California, but in Elsewhere USA. We are about to flip a calendar page and stride into fall. As an Baby Booming American, I often find myself striding – in the doors of the local drugstore. Today it was for...
Sideways

Sideways

If you moved Sideways across America from California, from the ‘left coast’ to the right, you’d trip over Indiana on your way to Maine. The winds of change would have to blow you a bit north, or else you’d wind up in Jackson, Mississippi. Which...