For example, the fact I’m still here, alive, is actually a surprise to me.

In my youth I seldom gave it a great deal of thought, but even then I would’ve bet money I’d never see a 50^th birthday. Man! Fifty! That’s seriously old, you know? Yet, I made it.

I can recall a certain dread at the idea of hitting forty. Definitely not a member of the “Pepsi…

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer & philosopher (1803 - 1882)

There’s a unique feeling to be enjoyed when we do something right. Properly. The way we know it should be done. It’s an inner satisfaction that just feels good. Often we don’t even need to share the news to feel the full benefit of it. Just knowing we’ve nailed that sucker, done it the way it should be, with t’s crossed and i’s dotted properly, can be all we need.

That inner…

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Bill Cosby, always a hilarious comedian and able to do it without cussing or any “f-bombs”, once…

This certainly won’t come across as a Stop the presses! moment for most of you, but today I was sharing a thought with a friend. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know. “Really, Bill?” you say in mock amazement, (especially Adam). “I’ll be darned! When did you start doing that?”

Roughly sixty seconds after I was out of the womb. There. Ya happy now?

Sheesh!

In any…

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You only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them.  But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power - he's free again. 

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, novelist, Nobel laureate (1918 - 2008)

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Those of you who “know me”, as opposed to just knowing of me or having a general idea who I am, will know I’m not seeking fame. Not really. Yes, to a brief extent, I do want to be known as a great author. I’ve had some great authors, among them Dennis Lynds, who wrote as Michael Collins, say I’m a storyteller. I take…

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Dear friends:

Black Bed Sheet Books has just released my first novel, Outer Darkness. Please view the press release for details.

Bart

Just as I now have that nearly magical ability to see both sides of the matter, having been a “homed” guy for so many years, then a homeless guy, and now “homed” again, I can speak from the same authority on worry. Believe me, I became a master at the tactic.

For oh, so many years I was the poster boy for that old expression, “If it wasn’t for bad luck, I wouldn’t have any.” I was pretty much joined at the…

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This is a series of chapters posted once per day of the stories I’ve written, done by popular request from my readers. The novel currently on display is: Stranded

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