The other day I stopped at an antique store and brought home a couple of old books, as I am wont to do (a fancy-pants phrase meaning “again”). So I’ve been reading Will Rogers: Ambassador of Good Will, Prince of Wit and Wisdom by P.J. O’Brien, which I take is a “quickie biography” rolled outContinue reading “We all could use a good laugh”
Author Archives: WarrenBluhm
How can I help you
Not gonna win the lottery … Not gonna have a ship that comes in outta nowhere … No rich uncles to bail me out … No precious gems buried under my backyard … I guess I’m going to have to earn my keep … same as millions who’ve gone before: Do some good for otherContinue reading “How can I help you”
The return of book-books
Once upon a time books and recordings were physical things you held in your hands. When you wanted to watch a movie at home, you took your copy of the film and slid it into a device that showed it to you. Books were even easier. You picked them up and started reading. Nowadays ebooksContinue reading “The return of book-books”
Free people seek the light, always
I wish I could remember where I saw it, and I wish I had written it down, or saved it, or printed it out, but I don’t and I didn’t so … You’ll just have to take my word for it. (You do remember when a person’s word was his/her bond, right?) Some time backContinue reading “Free people seek the light, always”
Glad … for a good laugh
An unexpected laugh is always on time. I’ve been moving through Lucy Maud Montgomery’s delightful novels about Anne Shirley Cuthbert Blythe, starting with the best-known, Anne of Green Gables, and following our heroine as she grows to adulthood and now motherhood. I bought the eight-pack of paperback novels and a six-pack of audiobooks via AudibleContinue reading “Glad … for a good laugh”
Beside herself with gladness
The first print-on-demand copy of the new book arrived yesterday, and it turned out nicely if I say so myself. I put this photo of Willow on social media with the caption, “Yeah, yeah, I’m on the cover. I’m sleeping here.” The book is 60 quick hits of encouragement, most of them first seen rightContinue reading “Beside herself with gladness”
Stay the course
Monday morning arrives full of energy, resolve, piss and vinegar. Then, at the edge of consciousness, reality chips off a small piece of confidence — you start to think maybe it’s not so important to get such-and-such done by 9, as long as the main job is underway by 12, and it all can’t beContinue reading “Stay the course”
Holding these truths
Your happiness is independent of Washington. You do understand that, right? All the brouhaha and machinations and puffery and, yes, silliness, it has nothing to do with your everyday life. Even the terrible events of this past week didn’t interrupt what you were doing. That’s what it means to be free. And please make noContinue reading “Holding these truths”
A report from the playground
“when we create, we are creating the world. remember this, and commit.” — Nayyirah Waheed On Friday morning, I crossed the 10,000-word threshold on my novel tentatively called Jeep Thompson and the Lost Prince of Venus. Those are as many words as the average Myke Phoenix novelette, and it’s already the longest stretch of fictionContinue reading “A report from the playground”
When the drought broke
“You only fail if you stop writing.” My mentor’s gentle eyes bore into my soul. He knew that I’d written every day for six days, just as I’d planned, and on the second 15 days I’d rested. “You only fail if you stop writing,” he said. “I know, I know. You’re right. I failed,” IContinue reading “When the drought broke”
