You most likely didn’t know Nikki Giovanni passed away in December 2024 because you didn’t know who she was.  Ms. Giovanni was a poet and an educator.  A small section of her impressive Wikipedia page follows: Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Jr.[1][2] (June 7,... Read More

December 12th should already be a holiday.  It’s Frank Sinatra’s birthday.  But the day will now become an actual holiday—one that Hallmark will not make cards for.   This year—and every year thereafter—December 12th will be known as National “Sibling Get... Read More

The most important thing you need to read before we get too deep in the holiday season… In the book How To Be Old there is an epilogue containing information on “aging subjects” that didn’t get a chapter of their... Read More

(Part Two of Two) Before I share the one useful thing that Steeltown Entertainment did, let me share a story.  On occasion, they would hold a Crew Connect event at a local bar.  Individuals interested in the filmmaking process would... Read More

I’ve been to 21 countries, including my own.  I’ve had alcohol in 19 of them.  (The two alcohol free countries?  Japan and Luxemburg).  Alcohol has been part of my life—and probably yours—for a long time.  But not this October. This... Read More