Writers are weird ducks. And the wives of writers find themselves putting up with mood swings, inexcusable inattention at inappropriate times, and what probably seems to them like vapor-brained absent-mindedness. Now to me, having a book ready and close at hand is one of life’s necessities. Think blood to a vampire. It wasn’t long before […]
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I once received an email from a friend who was plowing through a nasty divorce. In her message (amidst the tirades against her soon-to-be ex-husband, relationships in general and lawyers in particular) she said something similar to this – “When this is over, I’m heading to the beach to binge drink, lie in the sun,
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I don’t watch much television. There’s not a whole lot on the tube worth watching. Reality shows? I don’t think so. The one show I do watch religiously is AMC’s “The Walking Dead”. The family knows that come Sunday night at 9:00, the T.V. is mine for an hour. Why “The Walking Dead”? Why not
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