I’m a Daydream Believer
The memories behind the songs. (Some weeks ago, I submitted a series of posts on some of my favorite songs and the memories they elicit whenever I hear them. This is my final post on this subject, but please send me comments on your favorite songs and memories. I will post them in a [...]
The Beginning of Wisdom is…
Part 1: Why AI Won’t Save Us—But Wisdom Might (* Thanks once again, friends, for engaging here.) Well…I guess that depends on your worldview. “Help me sort out these terms,” I said to a close friend and spiritual mentor just this morning. “Knowledge, discernment, and wisdom.” “Knowledge fills the mind,” Thomas answered. “Discernment selects [...]
Ramblings from a Yankee Doodle Dandy
...a self-avowed flag waver I can’t remember a time when I didn’t feel proud to be an American. I still well up during that scene in Mel Gibson’s movie “The Patriot,” which I watch every July 4, when Mel’s character rides to catch up with his fellow soldiers, waving the tattered flag that his [...]
A Dubious Tale…
...but true! Time has way of setting records straight. Putting the doubters to shame. That time came for John Capes, a British submariner, in the late 1990s. Unfortunately, it was years after his death. I recently released my fourth historical novel, The Weight of Loyalty, which is loosely based on the story Capes told [...]
Book Life Reviews: The Weight Of Loyalty
Fueled by themes of war, grief, resilience, bravery, and love vs. loyalty, Mizrahi’s (Tattered Coat) romantic World War Two drama centers on self-destructive English sailor Oliver Graham and volatile but goodhearted Natalía Giannatos, a young widow in a village on the Greek island of Kefalonia. After his submarine hits an underwater mine, Oliver is [...]
“You’ve Got A Friend”
The memories behind the songs. Recall that memorable moment in the movie When Harry Met Sally, when Harry contends that men and women can’t sustain purely platonic friendships because “the sex part always gets in the way.” Sally counters, sparking a spirited debate on whether it’s feasible for men and women to maintain close, [...]