Costa Rica: An Adventure of a Lifetime

Posted 4/25/2025

  Life is not a rehearsal.  It is not even a dress rehearsal.  It is acting live on stage.  I don’t get to redo the scene in which I had an opportunity to go to Costa Rica while in college many years ago but instead went to Great Britain again (I had already been there with… Read More

What Was Really on Trial in These Cases?

Posted 12/15/2024

Courtroom trials are ready-made drama.  Some are far less dramatic than others, but some trials achieve a status that people tend to call “iconic.”  Several trials have been called the Trial of the Century including the O.J. Simpson trial in the 1990’s.  That trial had a sensational crime, a creepy defendant, and most importantly it…Read More

My Unexpected Journey to a Side Hustle

Posted 2/2/2025

 A writer’s conference I am a member of and whose meeting I sometimes go to, posts monthly interviews of members.  Among the many questions they ask is what their day job is if they do something besides writing.  The percentage of authors who can rely solely on writing for income is well below one percent. …Read More