Letters to the Moon....

I was at a corporate retreat two months ago with several hundred of my work colleagues. One of the ice breaker activities that day was asking questions of one another. The questions ranged from “mild”, “spicy”, and “hot” as if they were flavors of salsa or barbecue sauce. I guess the thought being, the more intense the heat, the more personal the question.   One of the questions asked was about traditions. The question was along the lines of, “Name a family tradition from your childhood that you now carry on in your own family during the holidays.” I thought about that question for a long time. In fact, I’m still pondering that question.   Merriam Webster defines tradition as “an inherited, established, or customary pattern of thought, action or behavior.” The word brings back memories of Topol singing the word at the top of his lungs. (Bonus points to anyone who got that reference from "Fiddler on the Roof.")   * Believe it or not, I don’t remember most of my childhood...

  Hello there friend,   How are you? How are things? I hope you’ve been well.   I’m writing with exciting news to share-I’ve published my latest book! The title is “A Part of History.” It’s live online and available to purchase via Amazon. https://a.co/d/6kTcFpS I even made a book trailer for it: This book proved to be more difficult than other titles in the past. One piece in the book, “A Part of History”, had several photographs when I first shared it online. I picked a few of those photos to put in the book. However, when I received my first proof, an advanced copy of the book, the photos weren’t a good representation of what I had written.   Photographs don’t always work in books. When you’re publishing a book in a fixed format, which for my books is 6 inches wide by 9 inches tall, photographs fit on the page, but are most often too small for the reader to see the item in the photograph. I toiled for weeks on the photographs for that piece, inserting different ...