17 Ping Pong Balls and Reaching Into the Dark and Dank Pit to Deal With a Writer’s Despair
Coming face to face with years of neglect, the author must fix a problem or risk destroying a thing he doesn’t want to have to replace.
Writing
The Plugged Drain Pipe and the Kitchen Sink
We were worried for a while… (Photo via Stencil) About three weeks ago, on a quiet Friday evening as Mary and I were contemplating what we might do to occupy ourselves, there was a burbling noise coming from the kitchen, as if the faucet had been left on. Our son was showering upstairs, and we … Read more
The Eternal Struggle Between Private Time and Family Time for a Writer Like Me
How a Quiet Night Between Holidays Became the Battle Ground Between Me and My Family Kind of looks like me. (Photo via Stencil) The Monday following Thanksgiving, my wife realized that we had an evening in which no one had any plans. Not me, not her, nor our daughter or son. This was a rarity … Read more
Facing Problems Head On Ain’t Fun But Neither is Running Away
Mickey Picayune for November 18, 2019: Hope in the face of harsh reality, both for my writing career and other things