Some people are dazzled by all the new stuff. Not me. I’m more likely to be dazzled by something old that works the same as it has always has and that fortunately got left alone without any so called “improvements.” My son calls me old fashioned, but I beg to differ. Practical is what I […]
Every now and then something I send into the paper – The Denton Record Chronicle ‒ does not get published. Why? I don’t know and they don’t tell me. Still, here is the letter along with a link to the original article and you be the judge. Link to original article: Denton Record Chronicle James […]
Every now and then somebody that I haven’t heard from in years calls and tells me something worth repeating. That was the case with Jim about two weeks ago. It seemed like a good story: simple and fun. So here it is for for everyone to enjoy. Link to the article in the Denton Record […]
Marisol (ssooll@hotmail.com) está por abrir una empresa digital llamada Mesa Literaria con el propósito de vender artículos, reseñas y otros productos para promocionar libros en américa latina. Con ese propósito hiso un articulo sobre mi cuento “El desierto de Pete Molinas.” “Agrego el que he escrito para Popurrí, de Manuel. Es de un solo cuento […]
I’m constantly reading how life was so tough for an immigrant like myself and so it’s no wonder that other people reading the same articles get a one sided picture of life in other countries, far, far away from the mostly commodious and comfortable US of A. My life as a kid in Chile wasn’t […]
I’m not going to say that all the talk of climate change is so much hot air and contributing to the overall effect, but I might . . . one of these days. Actually, it’s discouraging to read about all the conferences and protocols, letters of intent and student protest regarding climate change on the […]
What’s the point of expert advice if experts can’t agree on anything? That’s the question I asked myself after much reading about global warming and climate change. For the most part, any topic is that way: reasons for the American Civil War, reasons for crime, poverty, ignorance, homelessness, our immigration policy, our annual budget, who […]
Ok. So they were not millions of sheep, it only looked that way. I think I counted twenty thousand during my eight hour shift and was about to get sick when someone filled in for me. Still, twenty thousand is not easy to get to. The total for the day I was there was over […]
For a while now I’ve wanted to say something about listening. And not just listening, but actually trying to understand what other people are saying and why. I think listening is an art, like playing the piano: the more one practices, the better one gets. So, here’s my essay on the pages of the Denton […]
I think we’ve all been there. You give the guy at the cash register $5.15 to pay for a $2.15 coffee and he doesn’t know what to do with the $0.15 cents. As you read the essay, it might be worth noting that on today’s paper (2-10-19) there is a report about a guy biting […]