by Clifford James | May 13, 2024
Writer’s Rant5/13/24Mothers’ Day (the day after) Happy Mothers’ Day to all you moms out there. I bet there are only a few of you who know the origin of this day we celebrate. So I have done the work for you. A. In 1858, when Ann Jarvis, a young...
by Clifford James | May 6, 2024
Writer’s Rant May 6, 2024 Close Friends “The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just have to find the ones worth suffering for.” (Bob Marley) Men and Women are different in so many ways. Take “friends” for example. As a man, I...
by Clifford James | Apr 17, 2024
Writer’s Rant Aprill 16, 2024As they say, there are only two sure things in life: Death and Taxes. Taxes had to be filed yesterday, so let’s talk about death. Not to be morbid, but when you reach a certain age, you want to prepare. The preparation is more...
by Clifford James | Apr 4, 2024
Writer’s Rant 4/4/24 Tugging at the Heart “No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.” (Robert Frost) OK, I admit it. Sometimes I can show emotion. I was surprised by the emotions I sometimes...
by Clifford James | Mar 23, 2024
Writer’s Rant3/23/24″I drink to make other people more interesting.” (Ernest Hemingway) I have to admit, I am easily bored. It’s not a reflection on you, although it might be. Sorry, but not everyone can be as interesting as me! (If you...
by Clifford James | Mar 17, 2024
Writer’s Rant for 3/17/24“I clapped because it’s finished, not because I liked it.” (anonymous) Spoiler alert. If you don’t like happy endings, My book RUNNING SHOES is not for you. I wrote and rewrote the ending several times. None of the endings were...
