by Clifford James | Jan 23, 2024
Writer’s Rant for 1/23/24“The trick is to stop thinking of it as ‘your’ money.” (an IRS auditor). So if you haven’t figured it out yet, today I am thinking abut the upcoming tax season. It’s not fair. We go from the “Most Wonderful Time of the...
by Clifford James | Jan 20, 2024
Writer’s Rant for 1/20/24After retirement from my professional career, I got bored (before I began writing). So, I looked for part time jobs to occupy my time. I’ve had a few of them these past five years, including bus driver. First, I got my passenger...
by Clifford James | Jan 17, 2024
Writer’s Rant for 1/17/24Growing up, I was both a Cub Scout and a Boy Scout. We lived in the western NY countryside, and had a “community” of houses around us. Not far away from our farm house was the “Community Center”. It was on a side...
by Clifford James | Jan 13, 2024
Writer’s Rant for 1/13/24″Approximately 20% of the world’s population speaks English, with around 400 million people who speak it natively and an additional 1.5 billion who speak it as their second or foreign language.” English is not an easy...
by Clifford James | Jan 9, 2024
Writer’s Rant for 1/9/24I began work on my second novel several months ago. The (tentative) title is POTENTIAL. Potential is defined as: having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future. And that’s where my story begins....
by Clifford James | Jan 6, 2024
Writer’s Rant for 1/6/24 My Claim to Fame “When I was growing up I always wanted to be someone. Now I realize I should have been more specific.” (Lily Tomlin). It’s true, isn’t it? We all want our fifteen minutes of fame. We all want a...
by Clifford James | Jan 3, 2024
Writer’s Rant for 1/3/24″Sometimes I meet people and feel bad for their dog.” (anonymous). I’m a dog person and I like most dogs. I’ll just leave it at that. I have had a few dogs over the years including a Collie, a Beagle, a German...
by Clifford James | Dec 31, 2023
Writer’s Rant fro Dec. 31, 2023 The news today is not news, it’s opinions. Broadcast Journalists are supposed to be newscasters, presenting the facts, without their personal opinions. It doesn’t matter which news channel you listen to, all you get is...
by Clifford James | Dec 28, 2023
“People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.” (Isaac Asimov). I’ve never thought of myself as particularly smart. Back in my primary school days, they used to divide students up based on how quickly they could learn:...
by Clifford James | Dec 24, 2023
12/24/23 So, Christmas is the “hap hap happiest time of the year”? Ha! I don’t think so. It takes about 30 days to get over the “Joy of Christmas”. Then you get the bill in the mail. Sure, it’s a happy time for kids. But for adults?...
