What Now, Bill? This will be the last post I make “about” me. Every author I’ve read seems to leave at least a few clues as to what they’re about in their writing, even if the piece has absolutely nothing to do with them. If one is paying attention, it…
[Written in 2012--still think it's accurate.] I was a failure as an actor. There, I said it. I've wanted to admit it for years, to shout it from the rooftops, but I haven't. Everyone is so quick to tell me I'm wrong (everyone but Ed Ulloa), or that it's the…
My mom loved movies. As a result, I love movies. I have always loved movies. In light of the horrible situation in which we find ourselves in the world at the moment, you might be stuck at home and looking for something to occupy your time. There are many streaming…
[Morbid? Maybe. But this is what I'd like to listen to if I had to sit there for it...which I kinda do, I suppose. Some of these have hidden messages, some have meaningful titles--some is just pure emotion set to music that I find moving. Enjoy. Or, you know, don't--totally…
[This was something that struck me a few months after the passing of my mom.] I waited for my mom to call last night. I caught myself waiting for it. And she never did. She used to call me every Sunday night, unless she was someplace that didn't have a…
[This one was a big deal for me.] I'm a writer who doesn’t write. I talk a good game, but, ultimately, I'm so paralyzed by the thought of rejection that, in the end, I fail to begin. Or, worse, fail to finish. I say "worse" because many of my ideas…
[In which I get angry at stupid things.] I have a problem: if a person needs to make a call that badly, I think they ought to pull over so they can concentrate on the person on the other end of that phone line, and leave the rest of us…
[This one was kind of an Axe to Grind thing, but I began to get away from that. Photo by Fabian on Unsplash.] I'd like to say that today went well, but I'd be lying a bit, I think. Overall, I got everything done that I really needed to do. Somehow, though, that…
[I wrote this for the NPR series of the same name; they didn't use it, but I still think it has some value.] I believe that we should always try. I'm not sure where exactly I learned this belief--probably Mom & Dad--but I seem to have held it all of…