Monthly Archives: July 2009

The other day when I was getting the mail at the end of my driveway in Lincoln, a nice couple in a car with Tennessee license plates asked me if there was a Wal-Mart or a Costco in town. I … Continue reading →

There was an episode of the NBC sitcom “30 Rock” this past season in which Jack Donaghy, the fictional Head of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming, watches a home movie of himself as a little boy. When he’s … Continue reading →

The other day, I was sitting at the paved summit of Lincoln Gap, sipping from my water bottle and feeling mighty proud of myself because I had just biked up there. I always feel like an ad for Gatorade when … Continue reading →

So, it’s a pleasant Fourth of July afternoon in 1949 in the iconic Midwestern town of Hudson, Ohio — home of the American Fireworks Co. — and the community is having a picnic. Marjorie Danforth, nine months pregnant, sits down … Continue reading →

My next novel, “Secrets of Eden,” will be published on February 2, 2010. Here is how the Random House catalog describes it: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A novel of shattered family ties, intimate secrets, and the nature of sacrifice, Secrets of Eden is … Continue reading →