by Clifford James | Nov 30, 2023
Writer’s Rant for 11/30 “Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until they speak.” (Steven Wright)- You have probably heard a similar expression, “It’s better to remain silent and thought a fool than to open your...
by Clifford James | Nov 28, 2023
Writer’s Rant 11/28 “Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.” (Jules Renard) Don’t you love people who interrupt you with something they think is more important than what you were saying? Writing for me is an escape from the banalities of...
by Clifford James | Nov 26, 2023
Writer’s Rant for 11/26 In NC, “It shall be unlawful for any person to hitchhike or to solicit rides, or for the driver of any vehicle to stop for the purpose of picking up one who is hitchhiking or soliciting a ride, on any interstate or controlled access...
by Clifford James | Nov 25, 2023
Writer’s Rant for 11/25 Now that I have your attention, let’s talk football. Fantasy Football. I started playing in a family fantasy league about five years ago. I did no prep to select my players and didn’t prepare ahead of time for the draft,...
by Clifford James | Nov 23, 2023
Writer’s Rant for 11/23 Happy Thanksgiving- Things you may not know about turkeys: Female turkeys don’t gobble; they purr. Turkeys were originally bred for their feathers, not meat. Male (Toms) and Female (Hens) have different shaped poop. Turkeys have...
by Clifford James | Nov 21, 2023
The Great Flood The 4000th anniversary of the great flood will be in 2050 CE. Noah was there; I wasn’t. But I was around for the great flood of 1972. It was July and the remnants of Hurricane Agnus dumped about 12 inches of rain on us in about as many hours. It...
by Clifford James | Nov 19, 2023
I used to like to snow ski. It was always a good time. Now I am torn. The mind is willing but the body is not. I learned to ski while I was in high school in upstate NY. When I went to college in Connecticut, my roommate and I and a few other friends would take trips...
by Clifford James | Nov 18, 2023
“If you wrote down every single thought you ever had you would get an award for the shortest story ever.” Hm….. When I first read this, as a writer, I was offended. While I did complete an entire novel of almost 100,000 words resulting from my vivid imagination and a...
by Clifford James | Nov 16, 2023
My college roommate and I were kidnapped one night. It was a rite of passage into the fraternity. On this particular night, we were grabbed from our dorm room, blindfolded and loaded into a vehicle. No words were spoken and we did not know our captors. We drove for...
by Clifford James | Nov 14, 2023
If you’ve ever traveled anywhere in a tour bus, it can be fun, depending of course on who you are traveling with and where you’re headed. I’ve experienced tour busses as both passenger and driver. It’s a “what goes on behind the...
