Eclectic it may be, this blog still needs a focus. That focus is coming, in the form of attention to changes forthcoming in America. Not just the ones Obama hopes will put him in the White House, but the kinds that futurists talk about. Unlike other past and present futurists, I want to offer more realistic and [...]
The May/June issue of The VVA Veteran is now out on the web, including a review by historian Marc Leepson. Here’s a brief excerpt: Writing in a breezy, quote-filled style, Maberry chronicles his life and times, which included shaking hands with Gen. Westmoreland following an in-country church service, turning against the war after he came [...]
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They work in the mine or temporary construction projects, leaving family behind. They’re young and transient, finding work where they can. One just left for a better job in Alaska; a long haul from New Mexico for a Washington State resident. Another leaves today for Wyoming, with his parents hauling the trailer back to Arizona [...]
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The day before heading out on the road, I received ten copies of TODAY, the alumni magazine of Minnesota State University, Mankato. The magazine featured an essay by me, on how events at my undergraduate alma mater played a role in leading me to the successful quest of becoming a writer and becoming a Buddhist. [...]
Whoa, now there’s a term you don’t see much anymore. It refers to a manufacturer or business concentrating production of parts, supplies, etc., into wholly owned subsidiaries rather than non-owned suppliers. Not to bite the hand that might someday feed me, but Amazon (like many other corporations) is jumping now while the laissez faire antitrust [...]
I am at the Book Fair today in Charlottesville, Virginia peddling my wares. Offering signed copies of Waiting for Westmoreland that is. See details in Booktour.com, link to the right. With the advent of Eckhardt Tolle and other spirtual writers, I hope you will consider reading my real life version of finding your inner purpose [...]
“Never underestimate yourself. Human beings have unlimited potential.” Much of the time they are inane, but now and then they hit the spot with insight. I wonder if there is an untapped market for fortune cookie writing. Probably doesn’t pay as well as greeting cards. Anyway, from the Buddhist perspective, the only limits to one’s [...]
I will be back at the Fairfax County Government Center for more abuse meeting, signing and selling books. (That was a joke for you old folks–the strike-through that is) on Friday the 14th. Catch the details on the BookTour link or AuthorsDen on the links to your right. I am now also on Goodreads. There I [...]
OK, I have been derelict in posting new items lately. I have had a lot to do and still do, in getting booksignings scheduled and PR out. So, on that topic, I will be at the Borders Express on the lower level of Springfield Mall, Springfield, Virginia on Saturday, January 12th from noon to 5 [...]
How more profoundly simple can you make it than this? Be persistent; just do it! From an interview with Jim Lehrer, PBS guru and author of many books, comes these pithy words in the Washington Post Book World today, “A young man came up at a book-signing once,” he recounts, “and said, ‘Mr. Lehrer, I’d [...]