Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

William Wordsworth

As a child, I was thrilled to learn that John Steinbeck, who was always my favorite author, wrote his novels in longhand, on yellow legal pads. I was never without one after that. I have had detours over the years, ones that have taken me away from my writing dream, but I always come back to it.

Many years ago, I would say to my father:  I'm bored, Daddy, what can I do?  He would reply with one of two answers:  He would say, "Cock-a-doodle do!" or, "Go read the dictionary."  He also had another book for me.  "The Word Finder," (copyright, 1947, by Rodale Press).  The Preface ends with these words:  "The editors sincerely trust that all students of this book will succeed in sending winged words on far-flung odysseys to Fame."  (Edward J. Flunk, PH.D.)

THIS WEBSITE IS A WORK-IN-PROGRESS AND WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AS I JOURNEY TOWARD MY FAR-FLUNG ODYSSEYS.