As a native American now cozily ensconced in Cambodia with my wonderful wife and daughter, very little that happens on the other side of the planet concerns me. Scanning Internet news headlines is, usually, as far as I go. Unless a headline states that World War Three is imminent or that the Chicago Cubs just loss four games in a row, I move on to my e-mail…which, more often than not, is deleted unopened. Recently, however, I have noticed several headlines declaring: Abolish Ice! That is most disheartening. After all, how the hell am I supposed to enjoy my weekly scotch on the rocks if there’s no damn ice?!
The deep-dive literary meditations presented as stories, poems, and essays in The American Poet Who Went Home Again, A Mosaic of My Soul at Work, have captivated and inspired readers ever since its first paperback publication in 2008.
South Baltimore serves as the backdrop for this gripping story of three brothers leading very different lives but joined forever by the secrets of a painful family past.
Hearts of Gold
Synopsis
by
Frank P. Whyte
Portland, Oregon is known as the City of Roses. Of course that’s an odd name for a city whose mere mention conjures images of driving winds and torrential ra