WINTER MUSINGS
I was recently pleased to learn that my novel, A Weekend with Frances, was named to Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017. Seeing my book on...
JOHNNY AND KRIS, Part II
Inspired by the BHAGAVAD GITA’s story of Arjuna and Krishna, JOHNNY AND KRIS addresses dilemmas typical of those a child might wish to...
JOHNNY AND KRIS, Part I
During my years of studying Vedantic scripture at the Sambodh Society in Kalamazoo, Michigan, one passage stood out as especially...
ALL THE HAPPINESS THERE IS, Part II
The birth of ALL THE HAPPINESS THERE IS taught me that something wonderful can emerge from any aversive situation. In late 2003, I...
ALL THE HAPPINESS THERE IS, Part I
In the early 2000s, I spent several years studying Vedantic scripture under Swami Bodhananda Saraswati at the Sambodh Society in...
ME AND YOU--WE ARE WHO? Part II
When I pull out a copy of this book fourteen years after I wrote it, I realize its message of inclusion and oneness is still relevant. ...
ME AND YOU--WE ARE WHO? Part I
ME AND YOU—WE ARE WHO? is the first book I completed. I wrote it in 2003, and it was published by the Sambodh Society, Inc., in 2006. ...
THE BUSINESS OF DRAGONS
I suspect that any story an author sets out to write is already “there”, somewhere in the cosmos in its entirety. The characters are...
STRANGE ASSIGNMENT
About a year ago, the leader of my writers’ group gave each of us an assignment. Mine was to write a scene where conflict between...