My neighbor Tom painted up a new target for his cannon. He’ll be able to hit it at 200 yards. Not every time, but often enough that you wouldn’t wish…View post

Because we don’t think this is goofy, or post-ironic. It’s simply the ride Donny wanted. Friends and family – and Donny – aboard. And a slow ride to the cemetery.…View post

That little jog in the road there? It’s one of the main characters in my next book.

Looking for my copy of Feast of Snakes. I know it was on the shelf in the “dining room” (read: bachelor library) of my old house. So I took a…View post

Got a new monitor (old one did not survive falling from desk). It wasn’t quite the right height, so in addition to The Oxford Companion to English Literature, I have…View post