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Fictography #8 — Christopher’s Cigarettes

/FICTOGRAPHY/ def. — The intersection of photography (submitted by readers) and fiction (written by me!). This week’s selected photograph comes from a dear friend, Valerie Black Murray. Val and I met through our mutual friend, Stacey Beckwith Haines. I’ve spent many great times with Val, and thought her wedding to her husband, Tim, was one of […]

Trendy (Quirky) Things Kids Do

Someone please explain to me how it became a fad not to tie one’s shoes. I don’t know about you, but I hate the feeling of my own shoes being untied. My son walked out the door this morning, and I told him to tie his shoes. Because of the snow on the ground, I […]

My Writing Space

I have to be inspired by my space when I write. Period. End of sentence. And while I’m still drooling over the notion of a writing shed in the back yard (dream on…dream on), I’m warming to my home office. It is by no means done; I’m still searching for a chandelier to replace the […]

Fictography #7 – The Valentine Postcard

/FICTOGRAPHY/ def. — The intersection of photography (submitted by readers) and fiction (written by me!). This week’s selected photograph comes from Mary Werzinsky Best. Mary and I have known each other for a few years, and she is the sister of one of my former colleagues and a dear friend, Chrissie Werzinsky. Both of these […]

For Valentine’s Day: Text Messages Are Not Substitutes For Cards

Originally posted on steph's scribe:
Valentine card: available at tinyprints.com *** As Valentine’s Day approaches, let’s just set the record straight—and not just for Valentine’s Day, but as a year-round clarification. Sending “lovey-dovey” text messages are not permitted as a substitute for sending a heartfelt card or letter to someone you care a great…

Book Club Babes & The Night Circus

Back in November, I attended a book club meeting in Severna Park, my new-old hometown, where I was the guest author. These women were so wonderful and supportive of “Beneath the Mimosa Tree,” and our hostess that evening, Molly, along with her cousin, Liane (who grew up in the same neighborhood I grew up in […]

Fictography #6 — Captain’s Crap

/FICTOGRAPHY/ def. — The intersection of photography (submitted by readers) and fiction (written by me!). This week’s selected photograph comes from my college roommate, former colleague, and dearest friend Elizabeth Johnson. She sent me this picture of a dog named Captain, and I simply couldn’t resist. I needed a little break from the romantic stuff […]

Drugs & The Price of Fame: A Commentary

Scores of super-talented people who work in the entertainment industry are plagued with demons…those primarily of drugs and alcohol. Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death is yet another loss of a talented actor in the prime of his life and at the top of his game with an Oscar behind his belt and top directors seeking him […]

Fictography #5 — A Romance Called “Alberto’s Gravy”

* * * /FICTOGRAPHY/ def. — The intersection of photography (submitted by readers) and fiction (written by me!). This week’s stunning photograph comes from a friend I’ve known since second grade, Hope Porricelli Stein. Hope and I grew up together in two locations, in Bowie, and then in the Annapolis area (her family relocated from […]

A Gift From the Sky

I don’t have a problem blogging or writing stories and sharing it all. Poetry, on the other hand, is entirely different. Allen Ginsberg was right about that, for sure. Poetry forces you to bare your soul, and it often makes me uncomfortable. Today, I’m forcing myself to be a little uncomfortable by sharing a poem […]