• Smallpox vs. Monkeypox

    The past few months have seen an increase in the number of cases of monkeypox in humans around the world.  [BTW, monkeypox is now known as Mpox because it seems […]

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  • Book Review: Eyes on the Horizon, by Carrie Lynn Fazzolari

    I met Carrie Lynn Fazzolari at the Wildacres Writer’s Conference in 2010, and we have been friends on Facebook for most of the time after that.  Her book, Eyes on […]

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  • Tools of a Writer

    I’ve seen a few comments on social media in the past few weeks concerning writing and what makes a good writer and good written copy.  Most of what I’ve read […]

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  • The Adventure Story

    I just finished re-reading The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, the precursor to the well-known Lord of the Rings trilogy.  The Hobbit is an interesting book, filled with elves, goblins, trolls, […]

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  • Metric System Revisited

    I’ve posted about the metric system before, and now I want to revisit the topic because I think it’s important to the United States.  The US is one of very […]

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  • Real Time

    As the title of this post says, I’m talking about “real time.”  It’s a term used to refer to something that takes place immediately.  It takes place so fast you […]

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  • To Quit or Not to Quit

    As someone who has come to writing lately—and I’m talking here about writing fiction, especially science fiction novels and short stories—after a career spent doing scientific research and writing scientific […]

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  • The First Writer

    Who was the first writer?  That is, who was the first person to set down on some surface—a rock, a leaf, a cave wall, in short, some surface that could […]

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  • A Slight Change

    If you are one of the few who used to read my blogsite on WordPress over the past few years, I have news for you.  That site has been shut […]

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  • Post-COVID, Part 2

    In my previous posting on this website, I discussed what we all need to do to help keep COVID in its place.  Masking, fist bumps, not shaking hands, vaccination, and […]

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  • Post-COVID

    Are we post-COVID yet?  Are we really post-COVID? Not really.  We may be past the major epidemic of COVID-19, but COVID is still with us.  I’ve known personally or heard […]

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  • Who Is A Person?

    Okay, now.  We’ve been told in recent months, if not in recent years, that we’re supposed to state our pronouns.  We’re supposed to tell everyone, and that includes everyone, what […]

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