I was starting to breathe the air of freedom, for I’ve done all my Taos Toolbox reading and delivered the taxes to the accountant, which between them was taking up about 80% of my energy. And then the water pressure died, and there was no water in the house. This necessitated an after-hours visit from […]

I haven’t been posting here because I’m being buried in work. None of this— except writing the novel, I hope— will matter a damn in ten years, but I still have to do it, beginning with my taxes, which for last year is incredibly complex. But for those of you looking for more of ME, […]

The multitalented Scott Edelman has been conducting interviews with writers at restaurants since before the pandemic. Here he interviews me over a Polish meal at South Boston’s Cafe Polonia. As well as more recent events, the interview focuses attention on my early career, which may be of interest to some of you. Again, Episode 193 […]

This is a skeleton excavated from an Athenian graveyard under the Acropolis. You’ll notice what looks like a bone plate lying atop the skeleton’s spine. This is what a fused spine looks like. This gent led a hard working life, either as a slave or manual laborer. He must have spent his last years in […]