The Short Stories I Found in the Sweater Box
When I was cleaning out my father’s home after he died, I came across a sweater box under his bed. In it were...
General, Untold Stories
Category Archives: General
18
Mar
General, Good Reads
IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, DOCTORS NEED DETECTIVE SKILLS—AND EMPATHY: Why I went looking for inspiration in the ER
A tenacious ER doctor is the heroine in my new thriller about a deadly pathogen, THE RED LOTUS. My time researching the novel...
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04
Apr
General, The Writing Process, What's New
The Fugitive Life of an Airline Employee
When I was a boy, I had an uncle who married a flight attendant—or what we called back then a (forgive me) stewardess....
General
Here’s what I’m reading — and writing
Dear Friends Who Read and Readers Who Are Friends, To paraphrase a Chinese proverb – or, in some translators’ opinions, a Chinese...
27
Nov
Every Day, General, Good Reads
REPOST – Black Friday meets Ruby Tuesday…and Wednesday Addams
If you’re reading this, it means you survived Black Friday. You think I’m kidding. I’m not. Black Friday can be terrifying. You don’t...
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02
Aug
General
Let’s hope Cecil the lion was not slaughtered for naught
It was well over 200 years ago now that Jeremy Bentham asked about animals, “The question is not, ‘Can they reason?’ nor ‘Can...
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05
Jul
General, Good Reads
The day the turbulence was inside the plane
Here is today’s profound meaning-of-life question: Is it better to have a serious gastrointestinal meltdown at 35,000 feet in the rear bathroom of...
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28
Jun
General
Does Father really know best? Let’s see.
We all remember “Father Knows Best.” Okay, almost no one does, except for my late father’s friends in South Florida. Actually, even they...
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14
Jun
General
‘Jaws’ turns 40. Time to go for a swim.
Earlier this month I gave a speech on Cape Cod, and I was struck by how much the elbow of the peninsula has...
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31
May
General
Clothes really do make the man
The week before last I was in Manhattan and emerged alone on a Friday night from the subway station in Union Square. It...
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