Tom and I had an adventure last week. A Mexicano, with flawless unaccented English, started a business that ferries three people at a time in his Nissan Kick to Brownsville, Texas for booster shots. It was eight hours up and eight hours back with an overnight stay for recuperation and a little shopping. It was … Read more

Clark Ransom’s Three pyramids Stanford Archaeologist Clark Ransom’s journey through his trilogy takes him to three pyramids in search of clues to solve the central mystery. I took the photos below. Even though the pictures don’t capture the surrounding aura, they sparked the inspiration for the trilogy: Cañada de la Virgen Elvita drove as far … Read more

The two thrillers that I liked best last year were The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn and The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian. I’d give a slight edge to The Woman in the Window, because I thought the psychology and motivation of the main character was more gripping. Note: All books mentioned in … Read more

What does work mean? Does it mean telling someone they’ll be rich or marry well? Many people wanted me to read their cards to learn just that. I always disappointed that group. Or does “work” mean that the Tarot offers another means of self-discovery? There are a couple of scenes in my novel Defiled: The … Read more

I promised to tell you in my last email—which if you haven’t read or don’t remember, here’s a link: What Happened Riding the Red Line from Harvard Square?—what was inside that booklet. I picked it up. Its title was something like An Introduction to B.O.T.A. I opened it and discovered that it was an offer—to … Read more