I just saw that President Trump is writing a book about the 2020 election. Listen, I’m writing a book – not about the election – but a fun-filled mystery set on an island in southwest Florida. I’m actually writing it – my fourth novel in fact – as versus what I’m guessing the former president […]

A friend of mine was telling me the other day that her daughter hates Christianity. If she walks into a restaurant and sees a cross on the wall, she will leave. I thought back to the scene on the Omen, an old horror movie, where a couple tries to take their child, Damien, to church

The pleasant lady who is helping us build a house in a continuous care retirement community in Sarasota called with the bad news today: “I’m sorry, but THEY won’t allow you to have no-see-um screen on your patio.” “Are you kidding me?” I shot back. “That means I won’t be sitting outside in the summer.”

I used to be amused, perhaps even flattered, when people told me I looked like Bette Midler. They would hasten to add, “And she’s so pretty.” Pretty is not a word I would ever use to describe myself – and I’m not being modest, just a realist. And, certainly, there is nothing attractive about the

I saw on my newsfeed that while President Biden was speaking the other day about increasing ethanol production a bird pooped on his lapel. I can sympathize. It’s happened to me twice; double the indignity. I don’t remember much about the second fly-over, but the first is emblazoned in my memory even though it happened

And the award for the most cringeworthy, insensitive and unentertaining show goes to the 2022 Academy Awards. I’m not just talking about the moment when Will Smith stepped on the stage and slapped the comedian Chris Rock for making fun of Jada Smith’s shaved head. That was theater of the absurd, and Hollywood knows a

A friend asked me to let him know when I was next publishing a blog. I was flattered that he was missing my prose, but I have been moving into our new place and working on the church’s upcoming Strawberry Festival – a fundraiser for charity — and didn’t have time. Probably the biggest reason

Thank God for Aaron. Straight-shooter. Full of information. Expert plumber and observer of modern-day life. Aaron is the guy they call to fix everything the youngsters in the company have screwed up. Aaron and his sidekick/apprentice have been at our condo remodeling project for a day and a half now. His lingering presence speaks volumes.

What Tucker Carlson didn’t realize when he criticized Nancy Pelosi for looking like Michael Jackson the other night – implying she’d had too much plastic surgery – was that she appears to have been over-Botoxed. I’ve seen it before on our little island where some women don’t want to go quietly into that dark night

“Poor grandma,” my friend said. “The doctor says she can’t have calcium so we took away her morning cup of hot chocolate.” “Isn’t this the woman who’s 95 and in failing health?” I said. “Yes. The doctor thinks she won’t be around in six months?” “And you took away her morning cocoa?!” I practically yelled