A brief check-in: I wrote There’s Gonna Be Baseball Again when figuring out my taxes. I always talk baseball with my accountant as his son is a star college player projected to be the #1 or #2 selection in the upcoming major league draft. In a normal year that would mean a big payday of
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I wrote this song after reading an article on how the advertising industry breaks down the population by age groups, 18 to 34, 35 to 49, 50 to 64, 65 and up. I was in the 18 to 34 cohort and fast approaching the 35 milestone. That was 35 years ago, and having just turned
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I haven’t had much to say in the last few weeks. A birthday, hosting guests and a general sense of ennui with all things Trump have contributed to my inherent laziness. I was grateful for the failure of TrumpCare, and I did check out the legalities of Trump trademarking “Keep America Great” and how it
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(This annual update {edited here for general readership} accompanied my note to my personal Christmas card list {see previous blog post}.) My wife and I are both doing well, just the usual growing pains. She spins at the gym or does Pilates five days a week and tap dances. She teaches one course per semester,
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I was in such a bah–humbug mode during last year’s holiday season that I didn’t send any cards to my list of “friends,” which got me to really think about the tradition of sending greeting cards every year at Christmas. I’ve always been a big fan of Santa, but I’m not into formal religion and
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From the Veterans Writing Group workshop, December 3, 2016— “What are you feeling today?” was the question at the check-in. I hate questions about “feelings,” partly because my wife is a psychologist and the subject of “feelings” comes up a lot. There were about thirty of us, and I couldn’t think of what I
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I’m the founder of what is now Castalia Communications, and running it has been my day job for over 35 years. Our main products have been educational posters for music, though we’ve done books, calendars, and most recently, my novels. Below are images of many of our products. To be taken to the site for
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