Scriblets

O ne of my favorite books of some year past is Rohinton Mistry’s epic novel of Bombay, during India’s state of emergency in the mid 1970s, A...

T he mail system here in New Smyrna Beach brings to mind scenes from the classic Bukowski novel, Post Office . Some of the book’s characters...

T wo weeks of living here in the beach condo has been time enough to reconnect with some of the tidbits that make the days good. What I mean...

T he week’s cooking practice got put to the test this evening when a friend came for a sunset dinner at the beach. Phillip is the man who ch...

A s anyone familiar with these pages will already know, one of my favorite things is Pelikan fountain pens. But there is another pelican I a...

A s he lay dying, the last words uttered by Oscar Wilde were, “Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.” No, this is neither a piece about Oscar...

I have a fair share of liberal ideas and would probably never be mistaken for a conservative. Like to think I’m open minded about things, a...