Old Diary Excerpts

On April 11th, I wrote a post called Finding My Old Diaries in which I told of finding 16 old diaries of mine dating from 1984 to 1992 in an old box I haven't touched since the '90s. I've been slowly reading through them. I'm now on volume 7, starting July 29, 1987. I've realized …

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The Man in the High Castle

The Man in the High Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I've really been developing a new appreciation of Philip K Dick and his books lately. Serious appreciation. Like everyone else who grew up watching Blade Runner, I loved the novel that inspired it. I recently started getting into his short stories and have been …

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Finding My Old Diaries

While unpacking boxes today, I found 16 old diaries of mine dating from September, 1984 to October, 1992. Wow! Cool, yet embarrassing, I'm sure. I'm going to take my time going through them to see if I can even remember the things I wrote about. I'm really glad I found these. Blogging can be a …

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Select Publications Links on my Blog

Hi all! I just spent a little time browsing through the Net and decided to create a new sub-menu in my blog's Links section called Select Publications. I decided to link to 11 varied published poems of mine, and five published papers -- four academic (literary criticism) papers I wrote and one technical paper I …

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“Eyes Right,” Women in the Marines, Memoir, and the Huffington Post

My friend Tracy Crow's terrific memoir about her time in the Marine Corps - well, a particularly key part of her time in the Marine Corps - is excerpted today in the Huffington Post! via Swimming In The Trees.