The English language is a truly marvelous and evolving means of communication at all levels of need: poetry, romance, art, science, technology, biology, history, etc., etc. It is unabashedly eclectic and unashamed of flagrantly borrowing from other language and peoples … Continue reading →

Writing developed between the 600 BCE and the 300 BCE, first as complicated mnemonic symbols carved or painted on stones which developed into a system of ideograms or pictographs through a process of simplification. Later, to make transportation of written … Continue reading →

            Here is a little snippet regarding a questionable—usually illegal stock market practice that I came across while doing research for my book, Crossing the Cult, which will be published this month or next. Devon nods in acknowledgment but is … Continue reading →

I have learned some interesting things while doing research for my several books. One of those is brought out in my novella Friends at Homeland Security which will shortly be published. There are multiple tools available to law enforcement which … Continue reading →

Throughout my professional career, I have been engaged directly or indirectly in protecting vulnerable and maltreated women and children. My latest book—Wednesday’s Child, to be published shortly—contains some research pertinent to the subject and which should give a moment of … Continue reading →

The previous election cycle and this current one have made me into a confirmed independent. To be blunt and brief, there is not a single declared candidate in any party for whom I would cast a vote. However, I do … Continue reading →

I recently became more interested in the prevalence of breast cancer since I have begun to see an alarming number of new cases in the area where I live—more than I remember for decades. The statistics are stark: In the … Continue reading →

ᴥHappiness is dancing with your wife of 54 years in a grassy park in San Diego. ᴥ Happiness is walking hand in hand with your spouse on the sand of Newport Beach—as T.S. Eliot said in The Love Song of … Continue reading →

For those of you who consider themselves to be fluent in Spanish, try each of these three times quickly: 1.        Tres tristes tigres Tragan trigo en un trigal   2.        Avisa al public de la republica Que el agua publica … Continue reading →