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Auxonne, 1654
In 1654, on a perfect spring day in Auxonne, France, Rupert L’Estrange — at last! — took his beloved Christina to bed. Without hesitation or fear, their exquisite bodies sought frantic pleasure atop...
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Seizing the Solstice
I have the grand luxury of being able to watch the sun rise over Lake Michigan. It’s quite astounding to me — and I never get tired of noticing — the way the sun appears at a different point on the...
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Shirley MacLaine Was There: The American Revolution
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Pardon that this post about the Fourth of July is not perfectly timed to the holiday. But I discovered only last night that Shirley MacLaine was there at the birth of America....
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The Grand Poobahs Speak — Who’s Right?
English: Stephen of England Česky: Štěpán z Blois (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I was chatting with a writer friend the other day, and we got on the subject of adverbs. Exciting, right? During our...
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The Story of Film — Worth a Watch
Last year, I spent a series of Saturday mornings running to the Music Box Theatre in Chicago to catch the 15-episode documentary, THE STORY OF FILM. Turner Classic Movies starts airing the series...
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Day of the Dead Sets the Scene — An Excerpt from Human Slices, a Love Story
Photo credit: Wikipedia On a rainy first of November many years ago, my friend Anne took me to Chicago’s National Museum of Mexican Art for its Dia de los Muertos celebration. I was immediately smitten...
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A Story with Meaning: The First Mustang Ever Sold
English: Ford Mustang – Year 1964 Deutsch: Ford Mustang Bj. 1964 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In 1964, Gail Wise, a young woman in Chicago, bought the first Mustang ever sold. It was a baby blue...
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The Kennedy Dark Days: How Did They Know What To Do?
It’s true: If you’re of a certain age, you know where you were on November 22 in 1963, the day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Television (Photo credit: Medhi) I was at school, a...
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Ah, Love….
Each and every Valentine’s Day, I recall a poem by screenwriter Samuel Hoffenstein that I learned in high school. It still makes me laugh: When you’re away, I’m restless, lonely, Wretched, bored,...
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A Request for an Interview, Fiction for the Childfree
Imagine my surprise: Author Laura Carroll sent me an email requesting that I answer a few questions writing childfree fiction. To be sure, I was surprised and honored. Of course! Her book Families of...
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