Originally posted April 2017 Many years ago I was so innocent I still considered it possible that we could become the humane and...

My fellow blogger, Ed Wood, wrote recently about the influence two teachers had on his life. Reading Ed's essay got me to thinking about...

Today is normally JT's day to publish, but he has a lot going on. He'll share when he is ready. In the mean time... Spotify playlist to...

I’ll confess, here in the land of Tom Brady and Patriot Nation I like Baseball more than football. As an avid baseball fan I, followed...

We’ve been a little slack over the last seven days at Culture Salad. Babies, holidays, grandchildren, a poetry challenge (365 poems in...

People these days are widely influenced by other people whom we sometimes think we actually know, , but don't. We turn to social media...

I’m worried, yes I’m worried. The other day I was at a local mall, and a young lady walked into me, bounced off, and walked along. She...

He stood there, at the voting booth. He stood there and looked his ballot. It was his choice, it always had been. Travis had done the...

You bob up, catch a bit of air Then sink down Slowly Deeply You saunter up, sit a minute Drop a hint Of this And that You stand up,...

This was originally posted in April 2011: I didn’t blog yesterday, but I wrote, or rather, I edited. I rewrote. Yeah. I have 10 of the...

When Mel Walsh Jones solicited for guest bloggers, I asked if her blog had a particular theme. Her succinct response: “Life and living in...

I find myself staring at a blank page as I continue to recover from the midterm election. It was and continues to be, stressful. I found...

Reality TV is the museum of social decay. Gary Oldman Reality TV is the perfect antidote to people who don't have enough self-centered...

In everyone’s life, there are certain people who make a great impact on the direction of that life. Parents, of course, are among those...

"Is there something wrong with me?" For a long time now, I've been wondering what my interest in true crime/serial killers means for my...

I have worked to decide what I will do with my Sunday slot. I’m thinking that I may pull stuff from my archive. For those who have read...

We were driving along one of the bucolic back roads near our home in Williamsburg, Massachusetts when my wife exclaimed, “Whoever...

People tell me I should write more: more poetry; more stories; more fantasy; more non-fiction; more political; more feminist; more...