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Excerpt from Patches of Grey

Here is a taste that will hopefully whet your appetite for more:


Lionel marched briskly home. A man's place was at the head of his household and it was essential that this be recognized. God was worshipped first and foremost because of the fear His power elicited. People might praise His infinite capacity for love, but it wasn't love that brought them to their knees in obedient prayer. When Lionel entered his kitchen he found Caren setting the table for dinner. A dinner the money she earned had p

Press Release for PATCHES OF GREY

I am pleased, delighted, make that thrilled to announce that my debut novel Patches of Grey has been published by M.U.D. House Books and is now available for sale from Amazon.com -

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0578005816/ref=nosim/porfessionalp4-20

Below you will find a synopsis. Anyone who opts to purchase a copy please be sure to share your thoughts once done reading. I enjoy hearing from my readers, who I deeply treasure. After all, without them there would be considerably less point

Calling Rip Van Winkle

My 2-1/2 year old daughter has a mortal enemy who goes by the name of Sleep, nicknamed Bedtime. It is still the hope of me and her mother that she manages to get a decent nap and a full night’s rest each day. We’ve done ample reading on how critical sleep is to the development of a young child’s mind, and have seen much evidence of how important it is to pleasantness of mood. Since we both work, Ava is in fulltime daycare Monday through Friday and naptime is out of our hands. Often she naps ther

Stepping Up to a Near Impossible Challenge

Barack Obama will assume the presidency of this country at a most inopportune time. We are in a recession that will likely get worse, though hopefully not too much so, long before anything he can do will help to make it better. Faulting Bush or the Republican party or the Easter Bunny won't do us any good either. Assigning blame won't slow down the rate of unemployment or shorten the list of companies big and small lining up to file bankruptcy. Finger pointing won't help a single family pay thei

How Sweet It Is

It's been a long time coming. Let us now hope and pray that reality lives up to the at long last realized dreams.

THE MOMENT is almost upon us?

Back in the 70's when I was a youngster it seemed that there were only two football teams to choose between. You were either a Dallas Cowboys fan or a Pittsburgh Steelers fan. Although I lived in New York City (Da Bronx!), rooting for the Giants or Jets never crossed my mind. Some time after a Steelers dynasty that included four championships in a span of six years came to an end, I switched my allegiance to the hometown Jets. I've been mostly suffering for that decision ever since. But before t