Soldier's Gap (Book) - 7/7/2026 12:25:07 PM
Hi
What genre do you enjoy writing the most?🥰btw I analyzed your work, and I think it has a very unique and engaging storytelling style. The way you present your ideas and emotions really stands out.
Soldier's Gap (Book) - 12/15/2015 2:51:49 PM
I hope this book is available in Kindle format soon.
Mengele's Double, Chapter 12 (Short Story) - 2/21/2023 9:12:55 AM
That blood was probably Marv's dog's. Good story. Wonder why it took so long, 12 chapters to get to this point? Probably a side story on the way to finding Dr. Mengele's double. Black sounds more like a two bit criminal rather than a cop.
I don't believe that any guy who kidnapped someone would keep a diary? I have a sneaking suspicion that Dorie may have had that Stockholm syndrome and fallen in love with her captor. After all, she was probably young, and so far as I can tell from only one chapter, so was Marv.
You waxed into hyperbole a couple of times describing Charlie's reactions. You called Ripulski, Rip in the beginning, and then throughout used his full name. I would call him, Ripulski in the beginning and then, throughout, call him Rip since you are using nicknames for everybody else.
I like the way you write and Minnesota in the dead of winter is not a location for the usual crime story. I enjoy writing the way you write, down and dingy, gritty details--true to life.
Ron
Fisher of Men, Chapter 11 (Short Story) - 5/9/2022 1:40:34 PM
Interesting. Kept me reading. Thank you.
Fisher of Men, Chapter One (See prologue) (Short Story) - 3/19/2022 9:50:00 AM
I believe the word is, brick shithouse. Weren't many of those in our parts. I think that bashed right front fender might come into question if there is evidence of Andy being hit by the side of the road.
Lots of banter and characters entering in. That's good. My cousin, and Wisconsin, has a Polish mother and is the head of all Knights of Columbus for the state. It seems like you are very informed about Cat liquors… I'm not. But both my younger brothers married Catholic girls and had to join the church, etc. haven't heard of any of them except my uncle, father of my cousin, who actually embraced the church and had lots of kids to keep the tradition alive.
Different faith? That's okay. I just took in a Moslem girl as my live in because she was disowned by her parents for not marrying some old guy in another country. She's from Eritrea, a refugee with her parents. No longer with her parents. Sounds like she could be a problem for Dewey later… Cute.
Rather long chapter, but very informative. Probably why you have no commenters. Very small town. Lots of interconnections. Big change for Dewey.
Took me nearly 2 hours as slow as I read. But will be checking in from time to time.
Ron
Fisher of Men, Prologue (Short Story) - 3/19/2022 8:50:53 AM
An old upper Midwest tradition… Dinner is at noon time. Carried my dinner to school in a paper bag with wax paper. All nicely biodegradable in those days. Why can't we go back to that?
Also, clueless jock gets local sweetheart pregnant. Typical upper Midwest tradition. What is not a tradition is for some guy with an outstanding "coupe" who doesn't match the typical upper Midwesterner can perform a surgical hit and not run on a beautiful girl who is being ogled by several townspeople and get away with it?
Well written and suspenseful. Our hero, serial killer, seems to enjoy being close to being caught. Turns him on? A rich kid in town?
The Runway sound like a great place for drag races. No one from town sneaks into that barn besides our hero?
You have given me a reason to go to chapter 1 or 2. We'll see if I have the time.
Ron
Fisher of Men, Chapter 11 (Short Story) - 3/12/2022 3:25:30 AM
Your mystery and suspense story seems very interesting, but I'm having a hard time reading it in small fonts. If you could post this in larger fonts it would make it easier for me to read it. Thanks so much for sharing your story!
Sandie
Mengele's Double, Chapter 11 (Short Story) - 10/31/2020 5:02:13 AM
very well done and thought out, a fine chapter.
Mengele's Double, Chapter 11 (Short Story) - 10/29/2020 11:30:45 AM
Long chapter. Lots of characters tried to assimilate not reading the preceding chapters. But it looks like things are coming to a head. Marc has Dorie (the name of the woman, a former San Francisco cabdriver and a member of the Stetson hat family, who took me in to room with her 14-year-old son while she and her husband got drunk every night after dinner), I think kidnapping in the basement, planning some gruesome torture.
Black is hot on the trail and got Rip by the ears to go find where Marv is. Rip is hoping that Charlie, the newspaper guy will go along and write the story in his favor.
Some good stuff. Real down-to-earth and realistic for the Midwest where I hanker from. Just wish I had time to read the whole book and give you a sterling review for your very good writing and character development.
Ron
Soldier's Gap, Chapter One (Short Story) - 3/19/2020 9:09:56 AM
Some of the best writing that I have encountered. And certainly, a bizarre beginning to a murder that I think will be the subject of an entire book. I have run long distances through neighborhoods and walked long distances through woods, but never have I been so observant as your Jerry Eggy, beleaguered principal, well-developed character, and slaughtered at the end of the first chapter. All of the observations may end up becoming clues as others try to figure out who was so angry with Jerry as to brutally murder in this way.
Kudos! I promise you that when I get to the point of reading rather than writings so much, I will buy a copy of Soldier's Gap and give you a sterling review that you deserve for your fine writing.
Ron
Mengele's Double, Chapter 10 (Short Story) - 5/31/2018 9:51:14 AM
I had a little trouble keeping up with all the characters, but the descriptions and dialogue were well edited and gave me a sense of each of the characters without overdoing it. Of course, jumping in at chapter 10 left a lot of information out. But, the title seemed to indicate that somebody was a really bad dude, knowing the reputation of that Nazi doctor.
I can only speculate, but Detective Jim Black seems to be not only pursuing the case, but becoming a possible suspect. At first, I thought he was a private eye, but finding out that he was on the police force investigating the case, and then abruptly knocking the tooth out of a suspected paramour of his estranged wife without fear of assault charges, leads me to believe that there is a dark side to him. And, the incident he couldn't remember the weekend before.
You cover quite a bit of territory in this chapter and that's good. Would love to read more here, because, as you know, I don't ever seem to have time to get to books.
Ron
Honest Thief, Tender Murderer, Chapter 10 (Short Story) - 3/31/2017 5:54:02 AM
Very Fargo-esque! The characters are very vivid and motives are all over the place. Can't wait to see if serialized on TV. In the meantime, if I ever get around to reading all the books that I promised others I would read (and I am in the middle of reading one right now) I will certainly buy a copy of Soldier's Gap, read it, and give you a review where it is sold.
In the meantime, if this chapter is any indication, I'll be thinking of getting to it as soon as I can.
Ron
Fisher of Men, Chapter 10 (Short Story) - 9/20/2016 8:02:51 AM
Since it is chapter 10, and I don't recall reading any other, the characters became quite confusing in the beginning. But of course, by the time it got sexual I was beginning to sort things out and things got a lot clearer. They always do. ;-)
From what I read here, I can sense that you have read a great deal and absorb much more of your history and religion that I have. Your metaphors and similes are wonders to behold with things that might seem to be off chance, but are actually spot on.
I'm still trying to figure out why priests are involved in a murder investigation, but that's okay. I'm not much into mysteries, but this one looks like something worth reading.
Ron
Fisher of Men, Chapter 10 (Short Story) - 9/19/2016 1:11:09 PM
You've got to keep your eye on that groundkeeper!
Love ya!
Jane
Soldier's Gap, Chapter One (Short Story) - 6/12/2016 4:20:22 PM
Wow What a story ! It completely held my attention! Great Write....M
Soldier's Gap, Chapter Three (Short Story) - 10/10/2015 12:36:41 PM
I like this excerpt, although I found it hard to keep track of the characters and parse out other info from Chapters 1 & 2, which I haven't read. The piece is well edited, and the narrative flows. I found it more like a police procedural than a mystery, though both are much the same. The town characters are well drawn, and I feel the cozy ambiance of a small town. It's a good teaser for what should be a very good novel.
# Thanks for the posting.
The Ghoul (Short Story) - 5/22/2015 6:35:42 AM
What the fuck! this so disturbing - I grew up reading Stephen King as a kid but I think this story should fair better with my crowd; pardon my strong language on this one gut this one has a strong undercurrent that's a tad disturbing. Cynthia take it from me writing ghoulish material is what my specialty is -- so Dave; I am enjoying this but it might be a tad shocking for those on this area.
The Telemarketer (Short Story) - 5/22/2015 6:32:43 AM
I wonder how this would play out as a movie.
All the Good Stories Are Taken (Short Story) - 5/22/2015 6:30:35 AM
Different from my usual wheelhouse as a reading pattern but this I have to admit it this is pretty cool. I used this kind of humor on one of my recent pieces on FictionPress.com; I mainly haunt the area where all the madness is on the site. How often you venture into the horror section? Well I have to say this is pretty well done with the humor as this is well timed.
Mengele's Double, Chapter 9 (Short Story) - 3/8/2015 7:47:36 AM
If this is chapter 9, I can't imagine what leads up to this chapter! This is my kind of story… The kind that I can't write, but would make a great TV series that would rival Breaking Bad. Marv seems to be some kind of modern day Ed Gein and Rip is a real piece of work.
The realism hits home with a lot of references to where I grew up in the upper Midwest and the people I knew. I had to laugh because one time on a road trip, a bit disoriented from five hours of driving, I ordered a Whopper Jr. at a McDonald's to my niece and her husband's delight.
Makes you want to read… "The rest of the story."
Ron
Seminary Boy, a memoir (Short Story) - 10/22/2014 5:38:22 AM
You didn't state the era, but I get the impression that it was some time ago. John Cromwell sounds like someone who was famous. As for Catholic rituals, as a young man growing up I found Catholic practices in our two thirds Catholic town quite laughable. However, I was never prone to bully Catholic kids even though I didn't understand why so many went off to the nunnery or the seminary and then came back, still acting like they were schizophrenic, evil one day and pious the next. Well, at least, two-faced.
Don't think that I'll be reading it.
Ron
PS. I see that he wrote the book in 2006 according to the New York Times, and wrote bestseller called, Hitler's Pope. From my era, but it appears that he was in England.
Seminary Boy, a memoir (Short Story) - 10/20/2014 4:27:22 PM
This sounds fascinating. I changed my religion at age 19 and have often pondered the decision. I will be looking for Seminary Boy. Eileen
Fisher of Men, Chapter Nine (Short Story) - 8/2/2014 7:16:54 AM
I don't know if you posted earlier chapters, but I had difficulty placing the characters because there were so many, so quickly. I must admit familiarity with much of what you've written because of my early upbringing in a Catholic town in Wisconsin and familiarity with the Twin Cities area.
While I'm quite familiar with the vocabulary, I found it a bit over-the-top in all of the conversations, perhaps because I'm highly educated, and while I know those terms, I don't ordinarily use them in conversation. However, as a writer, I can see why using that wild and humorous language continuously makes it more interesting for the reader, it's not realistic in life. And I'm more of a realist than a hook writer.
Then again, I did not grow up and spend my entire life in the same community. I think that breeds this kind of familiarity and small talk. Like when my cousin who lived in Anoka told me once after she lost her job, "I guess I'll have to go and hinge my heels on Hennepin Avenue." She didn't. But did go to work for the University of Phoenix, almost as bad. ;-)
Ron
Fisher of Men, Chapter Nine (Short Story) - 8/2/2014 4:21:24 AM
You just get better all the time!
Love ya!
Jane
Bone-headed Supreme Court Decisions (Article) - 1/31/2024 7:45:26 AM
According to "textualists" the Constitution says what it means and means what it says, back in the 1780s. Nothing more, nothing less. OK, let's follow that bit of "wisdom" to its logical conclusion. The only arms available to citizens back then were single-shot, muzzle-loading muskets and pistols. In fact it often took 3 - 4 minutes to "lock and load" before getting off a single shot. By this interpretation, they were the only arms in existence, hence the only arms covered by the 2nd Amendment that are covered. I rest my case.
The Jerk (Article) - 6/8/2023 12:42:59 PM
A good article. But it looks like DeSantis doesn't really have a chance with all the other Republicans jumping in to the race. It may be too early to worry about him until he gets down to the final debates to see which way the Republican Party and independents will go with their full.
Have you relocated to Florida? Are you under his thumb there. I feel Gov. Abbott, in a wheelchair like me, but not like me, thumb all the time with his disregard for the disabled and poor in this state. At least something is finally being done about Paxton, the corrupt Atty. Gen.
Ron
The Jerk (Article) - 6/1/2023 1:36:35 PM
DeSantis is an ignorant racist, sexist fascist. You are right "He's not even a good businessman." I pray no one votes for DeSantis or Trump. Be "woke," don't let this fool destroy democracy.
Bone-headed Supreme Court Decisions (Article) - 7/10/2022 9:28:00 AM
A very good rant about the recent rulings of the bonehead Supreme Court. I agree 100%. And I believe that probably 70% of our population that is not brainwashed by spin doctors, agrees as well. Also, some nice alternatives and one interesting prediction. I was thinking that one of his close followers might get fed up and do him in.
Ron
Republicans Work Hard at Creating Divisive Issues (Article) - 6/3/2022 9:45:54 AM
Excellent. And should we also include--Is the root of the problem the Republican politicians, or the significant amount of deadheads and extremists who vote for them?
Republicans Work Hard at Creating Divisive Issues (Article) - 5/11/2022 8:05:22 AM
I'm amazed at your accurate scholarship, keeping track of all the Republican foibles that have created so many of these "wedge" issues tearing the country apart fueled by the social media rumor mill and even foreign intervention pretending to be conservative fact.
Like repealing prohibition, removing all of these tight ass Republican wedges would greatly improve the health of our great country and mend a lot of fences thrown up that are full of holes and slow progress to what everyone knows. There's a better life with more freedom and less turmoil and heartache without these unfounded issues.
One of the best articles I have read on the subject. Thanks for posting it.
Ron
Republicans Work Hard at Creating Divisive Issues (Article) - 5/10/2022 2:14:54 PM
I really enjoyed your article and I agree with you about Republicans! In particular, you made a good point about the Republican support of guns yet they claim to be "pro-life" when it comes to abortion. Yes, those teachers deserve a raise and so do the nurses and other medical staff. Thanks for posting your article. It was a breath of fresh air!
Pipestone: My Life in an Indian Boarding School, book review (Article) - 4/3/2022 12:19:46 PM
Thanks for writing about a book that goes without knowledge for most Americans. A part of our history that has nearly disappeared.
Growing up in Wisconsin, the Chippewa and Ojibway that lived in our state were fairly segregated, although the County of my hometown, Wood, happened to have the largest Indian population in the state, we never saw any Indians in our town at the northern edge of the county. The only Indian schools that I know of were in the Black River Falls reservation and the Lac du Flambeau reservation where I did spring break carpentry work for a church group in college. Our leader for that work was an Indian carpenter and our host was Dave Carfu, a college-educated Indian agent.
The most famous Indian school In my memory was the Carlisle school of Pennsylvania where Jim Thorpe became the two-time All-American when Carlisle played other colleges with a winning record under Pop Warner, their coach.
Ron
Auschwitz (Always Remember Your Name), book review (Article) - 2/14/2022 12:46:52 PM
New stories are still coming out. But those child survivors are now very old and soon there will be any left to tell their experience. Their horrifying experience of somehow surviving amidst all that death.
Why anyone would conjure up any claim that the Holocaust didn't exist is beyond me. But so many are so hurt by their miserable lives that they have to blame others for ridiculous reasons. As December 6 showed us. They are in our midst and will do anything to alter history for their worthless causes.
I recently watched on 60 minutes the story of a survivor who came ashore at D-Day as part of the elite crew of German-speaking Jews used for interrogation of captives. Behind enemy lines working with a Dutch resistance group, he was captured and sent to Auschwitz. But a doctor gave him a diagnosis of tuberculosis, so the Germans sent him back into the Dutch population to infect them, even though he didn't have the disease.
May we never forget.
Ron
Auschwitz (Always Remember Your Name), book review (Article) - 2/12/2022 9:10:25 AM
Your writing struck home to me as I currently read "The Boys in the Boat," an excellent book about the 1936 Olympics that combines the Games with the horror going on and still to be behind the parades and spectacle and the fabricated decency.
Thank you for your writing, David.
Stay safe, and God bless.
Fahrenheit 2021-22 (Article) - 1/5/2022 5:44:54 AM
Well stated, David. I agree completely.
Fahrenheit 2021-22 (Article) - 12/26/2021 9:12:21 AM
You have hit the nail on the head. The dumb heads of the conservative right who claim to be strict Constitutionalists. Interpreting the Constitution to meet their warped sense of morality.
You have named several of the classics that everyone should read. You didn't mention Mein Kampf. But those of us with liberal leanings would want our schoolchildren to read what it means to be racist and use selective morality to suit our diabolical reactionary viewpoints.
The Republican Party is drifting more and more towards fascism and allowing our country to become more and more an oligarchy where money counts more than equality. The essence of the Constitution, never did although the founding fathers were wealthy landowners and businessmen. Free enterprise touted by conservatives who generally read Machiavelli, should not only be free, but fair, giving everyone an opportunity to prosper.
The Bible sells. But so does Lincoln. Anyone writing a half witted biblical book gets sales, especially if they quote words selectively picked from the Bible. But there was a very good reason for separating church and state that our founding fathers put in the Constitution. Unfortunately, using laws and Supreme Court rulings, the righteous, but hypocritical, Republicans are gradually making religion a part of our government and only one religion, Christianity. I can see the day when reading the Bible will be required in our public grade schools along with the way it is now in private schools.
It is interesting to note that the hated "liberal universities" were often founded by churches, mostly European Christian churches, promoting liberal arts over career education.
Ron
Biden's Approval Rate Plummeting (Article) - 9/23/2021 11:31:05 AM
Conservatives and their Republican stooges always blame the Democrats and socialism to keep their minions in the dark about history. Mantras like the Democrats tax and spend too much are wrong by the record. But most Americans forget history soon after it happens except for patriotic slogans often generated to blame the wrong source of what happened.
Thank you for exposing the self-righteous harbingers of half-truths and lies. Keep up the good work.
Ron
Biden's Approval Rate Plummeting (Article) - 9/15/2021 12:11:28 PM
I am appalled at the plethora of conspiracy theories that are getting public traction out there. Some conspiracy theorists are unethical and without a moral compass, and their printed lies are perverting common sense. Good observation David.
Mr. Trump, have you no sense of decency? (Article) - 8/24/2021 11:04:32 AM
I'm glad you taken the time to write this article. It's about time…
The Tea Party, and the likes of Senator Cruz, who took a page from Trump and Reagan's playbook by staging a basketball game with Jimmy Kimmel at my former employer, TSU, a predominately black university, with prime time face and name recognition, have taken over the Republican Party with their far right, reactionary outlook.
Jimmy Kimmel should have been smarter and shouldn't have taken up the challenge, just like so many celebrities who fell for Donald Trump's stupid "firing" game where he played them and played favorites. Displaying himself as some kind of boss of bosses.
Since Ronald Reagan, the Republicans have catered to the military-industrial complex and constantly built a larger "defense," primarily with offensive capabilities. In the meantime, Republicans have gotten us into regional wars with poor reasoning that made us losers with the most powerful army and navy in the world.
While Trump did a good thing by announcing the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan to the shock of his military advisors, he created another branch of the military forces… The Space Force. Something along the lines of Reagan's, Star Wars initiative. Of course, increasing the military budget to cover future Skywalkers battling with space demons.
Begone Trump, and your spineless Republican genuflectors!
Ron
Critical Race Theory (Article) - 7/16/2021 12:38:02 PM
Many of the white supremacists need to take a look at history. At one time the British considered the Irish to be an inferior race. There used to be signs in American "No Irish need apply." People keep talking about this country being a democracy but that is only a concept, we have not yet achieved true democracy, especially with the Electoral College in control. I appreciated your article.
Critical Race Theory (Article) - 7/15/2021 12:17:13 PM
A great article for our time with a few little glitches like there were only two women mathematicians charting a course to the moon that were Hidden Figures in plain sight.
After working in predominantly black, separate but unequal higher education institutions for 33 years, I have encountered blacks who preferred not to associate with whites at all, including me. I couldn't blame them. Had to prove myself to gain their trust.
You also didn't mention lynchings. Black people were lynched if they merely looked the wrong way and a young white woman. Often accused of raping her and then, strung up. Also, the Ku Klux Klan, a semi-church based terrorist organization that made the lives of black citizens throughout the South miserable for over 100 years.
Psychologists have shown the preference of light over dark, white over black, and the persistent idea that the hero always wears a white hat. Somehow we have to overcome that bias.
Reminds me I need to write about political correctness and how it has been hijacked by the Republicans as one of their tools.
Ron
Clueless Judge Compares AR-15's to Swiss Army Knives (Article) - 6/12/2021 8:46:34 AM
You have certainly covered all of the points that a reasonable person looking at the pros and cons of guns would share.
Unfortunately, television shows and video games glorify the American "freedom" to defend ourselves aggressively with the most powerful weapons we can acquire. While some acquire weapons just to "show off" their freedom to do so, piling up an arsenal or using firearms to collect trophies of dwindling wildlife populations are all "macho" and often merely want to be what they can't be. Quite often leading to suicide, or worse, mass shooting and suicide by police.
In our town, probably because of the unemployment during the pandemic, there have been a huge increase in mass shootings, suicides, spousal killings, road rage with guns, children being shot in houses and cars, and just last night, a father shooting his nine-year-old son while putting his gun away.
As a former hunter and eater of what I hunted. I detest pistol owners, using their guns for "protection" that is likely to shoot their foot off in a real situation. We need to get real and curtail misuse of guns like you suggest. First by simply registering them like we do our cars.
Ron
The Red Comet (Article) - 4/28/2021 9:25:59 AM
From the title, I gather that the thousand page book you referred to, was The Red Comet. And that it was either a biography or an autobiography of Sylvia Plath. I'm unfamiliar with Silvio's work, not too much interested in poetry, but I probably have read some of her work in Playboy.
From what I read from you, she was quite a pioneer and very passionate about everything. Probably why she committed suicide, not getting the recognition she thought she deserved and finding men getting more than her for lesser work.
It is interesting that in his last year of publication as a hard copy, gone now for over a year, Playboy has now run and has primarily, women writers. I wonder what Hugh Hefner would think? I know that he always promoted women writers and women issues as part of the Playboy Philosophy.
Ron
The Red Comet (Article) - 4/27/2021 9:23:07 AM
Thanks for posting this. I read Sylvia Plath in the 1970s. It was very depressing but I learned as she did that the fashion magazines were only interested in articles about make-up and clothes. The parenting mags wanted child care articles. I took writing courses and was told that I should write on women's issues--as though other issues are of interest to women. Like Sylvia, I felt a lot of sadness and disappointment. However, this pushed me into the women's movement of that time and, sure enough, I began writing about women's issues: demands for higher pay, more education opportunities etc. Sylvia's successes were still grander than mine, but I've had a good life fighting the good fight. Sad for her! Thanks again for writing this article.
Gregg Abbott Shuts Down Housing for Children (Article) - 4/16/2021 1:08:11 PM
It's been sometime since I visited the articles. Quite a bit has changed. Abbott hasn't.
Greg Abbott was a lawyer before he was hit by a falling tree while jogging in his neighborhood and received only a $22 million settlement. As governor he has not been responsive to the needs of the disabled and is a Republican lackey licking the money from sweet crude state revenue. About the change and the government is scrambling, fossil fuel funds.
Republicans have used rumors about the border to scare much of the population of the United States. The Obama administration, and now the Biden administration, are turning away millions at the border and only allowing those with bona fide refugee status to stay.
A 2000 bed facility has been opened in Houston for the children and an even larger facility is opening in Dallas. Some of the children are sent to other parts of the country. And the tearful boy whose mother was abducted is reported to be reunited with his uncle, as many of the children are, while his mother was freed by buyer kidnappers because she was probably too hot to trade or whatever.
Abbott and the Republicans who run the state are passing all kinds of laws to ensure their existence a little longer. Pushing through a bill right now to allow people to buy guns without registration so that they can protect themselves whenever a disgruntled employee returns to get justice with an automatic rifle. The shootouts will become more common and start to rival fiction or even video games. Won't that be nice and sweet?
Ron
The Thursday Murder Club, book review (Article) - 2/27/2021 9:38:46 AM
Sounds like my book club. But they write mystery twisters, or so they say.
Doesn't sound like a book that I'd be interested in. Although I once told people that I could find almost anyone, long before there was an Internet and Google. I just seem to have a sixth sense when it came to figuring out where people lived. I guess I should've used it on finding my missing uncle.
Back to your book review. From the way you ended it, it doesn't look like the geriatric sleuths were very successful at all. A big letdown.
Ron
The Mirror and the Light (Article) - 11/30/2020 9:10:41 AM
I believe more history books, fact or fiction, have been written about the British royalty than on the other Western country. So there's a lot to wade through if one wants to understand the British Monarchy. I haven't read like you, but I understand Henry VIII to be a very selfish and cruel monarch. Getting his way like a spoiled child. Apparently Thomas was one of his instigators. I think history shines more favorably on Oliver.
Ron
Super Spreaders Disguised as Congressmen (Article) - 10/13/2020 11:13:05 AM
I never knew a farmer who didn't complain. Most of them complain the government or taxes. They are easy targets for bombastic "change everything" speech makers who follow through badly. Like coal miners, I agree with you that Trump's actions have hurt farmers.
I have proposed that if we let China prosper and don't try to cut her legs out from under her, the growing middle-class will want to buy more and more American goods and services and the government will become more democratic. Cash flow will reverse and everyone on the earth will prosper more without going to war with the economies of other countries like our neighbors to the south.
Ron
Should I Take Ballet? (Poetry) - 12/31/2020 8:42:57 AM
I don't think you're even limber enough for ballet. So I think you'd better cuddle up to a good book and write one while you're at it.
Ron
Should I Take Ballet? (Poetry) - 12/28/2020 9:31:15 PM
Well, David, by the process of elimination I'd say
you are ballet material. No offense.
Caboose (Poetry) - 4/7/2019 1:55:10 PM
Nostalgic beauty. Much enjoyed.
Caboose (Poetry) - 4/6/2019 9:16:09 AM
I've always had a love affair with trains. When I was a kid, there were still steam locomotives still in use, and their whistle is the one I miss the most. I live about 2 blocks from the main tracks in our town, and still love to hear those trains go by. They can put me right to sleep.
Caboose (Poetry) - 4/5/2019 10:14:32 AM
Ah, the nostalgia! When there was a lot of industry in this area (Cleveland, Ohio), I remember the train whistles, fog horns, and yes!....the caboose! You brought back fond memories with this one!
Love ya!
Jane
The Girl Next Door (Poetry) - 11/22/2018 9:37:42 AM
If I dwelled on all the women who snubbed me that I was infatuated with, I wouldn't have time to read your poem and write this. I'd be on social media spilling my guts out to all of those who stood me up for dance like I was in a trance.
Ron
The Girl Next Door (Poetry) - 11/21/2018 8:03:01 PM
You just can't figure out what's in a woman's heart. Lol!!! I know that hurts!
Sandie
3 O'Clock (Poetry) - 12/15/2016 6:07:10 PM
This poem was meant for my husband. His mind can not stay quiet when his head hits the pillow. He's constantly building things. I go through periods like that, but I'm not an insomniac.
Well written!! I love the last line.
Llama, Llama (dedicated to William Blake) (Poetry) - 11/9/2016 6:43:02 AM
I would add to your list. Is a panda a bear? Only at mating time when its claws come out in battle over a mate.
Yes, the natural world is amazing in its diversity. Why would anyone want to destroy it for profit or progress (regress?) Is beyond me.
Be careful, that llama may spit in your face.
Ron
The Terminal Booger (Poetry) - 7/19/2016 11:27:01 AM
Isn't it always true that we only laugh with this type of thing when we have experienced it ourselves...this should be in the humor category...-e-
The Terminal Booger (Poetry) - 7/19/2016 5:39:03 AM
I was crumpled up with laughter on the floor all green and slimy smelly with envy over this humorous poetry score.
Ron
The Terminal Booger (Poetry) - 7/18/2016 3:18:34 PM
OMG!! You had me rolling on the floor laughing with this one!!! I've got to save this one!! Oh, my!!!
Love ya!
Jane
The Terminal Booger (Poetry) - 7/18/2016 11:41:20 AM
I know, it's snot funny.
Michael D.
Snow-a-holic (Poetry) - 6/11/2016 6:59:32 PM
J enjoyed reading the article ! Show is white ,it's cold and it's beautiful at times. I enjoy seeing it, but sure don't like living in it! Give me good ole Florida any time!.......M PS,, I originally lived in VT.
Alumni Game (Poetry) - 6/6/2016 10:02:03 AM
very professional
Widow's Peak (Poetry) - 5/12/2015 6:29:17 AM
Your pointi is well-made through your verses, David; thank you. Love and peace,
Regis
Fashion (Poetry) - 3/31/2015 7:01:13 AM
well done indeed...Hugss
Fashion (Poetry) - 2/25/2015 7:27:50 AM
Your observation is keener than a Swiss Army knife and your writing is filled with sardonic satire and endless wit. I had a couple of those thoughts, but to put them in a poem like you have is priceless as a limitless credit card.
I sure hope you been able to publish this in other places. You could make the talk show circuit with some of these quips.
Ron
Widow's Peak (Poetry) - 2/15/2015 2:30:41 AM
The inside is what transforms all those individual idiosynchronies....what makes us stand out from the crowd...nice on the inside...nice on the outside...
Diana....
Widow's Peak (Poetry) - 1/31/2015 2:39:48 PM
Every person has unique features. We are not Ken and Barbie dolls. You are so right in that we would not want to be clones.
Love ya!
Jane
Widow's Peak (Poetry) - 1/31/2015 2:33:55 PM
Right on! You can't waste time worrying about what other people think. It took me half of my life to realize that.
Michael D.
Widow's Peak (Poetry) - 1/31/2015 12:24:13 PM
I had a peek at the window once… Nevermind! I'm too lazy to look up what it is although I've heard about it all my life. As far as a cowlick, I know what that is… That's where a cow licks you. ;-) I had to use Butch wax to keep my hair standing up for a crew cut. Now she's trying to make me bald.
Ron
Widow's Peak (Poetry) - 1/31/2015 12:22:34 PM
You are YOU, don't go trying to be like the rest of the guys . . .
Widow's Peak (Poetry) - 1/31/2015 10:41:37 AM
I absolutely love the message; as well as the way you've delivered it.
Alumni Game (Poetry) - 9/19/2014 9:20:49 PM
I agree with Jane, I like this.
3 O'Clock (Poetry) - 9/19/2014 9:19:58 PM
Can relate - up and down most nights, only sleep good when away on vacation.
Never My Love (Poetry) - 9/19/2014 9:19:11 PM
Sorry, sad ending to a nice story, I've lived through 2 loves, finding again? I don't think so!
Myth (Poetry) - 2/6/2013 8:02:58 AM
Couldn't have said it better myself. Man keeps coming up with excuses for existence that don't make any sense, but generally end up with dollars in his pocket. The sooner we get rid of all this myth, the better. Makes for great history and drama––where it should stay.
Ron
Myth (Poetry) - 2/5/2013 8:00:24 PM
This is why I enjoy "Zeitgeist The Movie" so much!! "We all need somthing to believe in......" The Rolling Stones
Love ya!
Jane
Never My Love (Poetry) - 4/22/2012 4:39:59 PM
Ah but my dear man, things happen for many reasons. Lovely enjoyable read :)
Girls Who Wear Glasses (Poetry) - 4/22/2012 4:37:58 PM
I am so laughing! I was called four eyes all through school being one who grew up in the 50's to 60's era. Those lovely cat glasses. Trust me, no soul was making a pass at me! But what a marvelous poem! Left me with many smiles
The Do Drop Inn (Poetry) - 4/20/2012 10:41:52 PM
I think I've been there!
Alumni Game (Poetry) - 3/31/2012 1:46:46 PM
I like this!
Alumni Game (Poetry) - 3/31/2012 8:17:27 AM
Now that's a lopsided score if I ever saw one.
Ron
Stradivarius (Poetry) - 9/30/2011 4:56:34 AM
So intense and absolutely beautiful!
Girls Who Wear Glasses (Poetry) - 9/24/2011 7:21:00 PM
Oh my goodness! Well as a mom to 3 sons I reluctantly admit what you say may have some valid points. I do tell my middle son that quality is more important than quantity, to no avail! I wish it were different! Great insight!
Stradivarius (Poetry) - 9/22/2011 11:36:45 PM
Good work, David.
Snow-a-holic (Poetry) - 9/4/2011 6:25:27 AM
interesting prose ... well written ...
Snow-a-holic (Poetry) - 8/31/2011 6:40:05 AM
Hate to think about snow with 70 plus temps right now, but a good snowball fight is hard to pass up, such a stress reliever...e
Girls Who Wear Glasses (Poetry) - 7/26/2011 9:05:57 PM
You are right about one thing; men will make passes--'tis the nature of the beast even when one gets as old as I.
rge schilken
Girls Who Wear Glasses (Poetry) - 5/31/2011 10:12:55 AM
This is so amusing ... and true, David. Those were the good ol' days, ah yes, an interesting write and such fun to read.
Robert
Girls Who Wear Glasses (Poetry) - 5/31/2011 8:15:44 AM
WELL WRITTEN AND I WOULD THINK THAT A GUY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE 'HORNY' TO MAKE A WISE CHOICE...JUST UN-NARROW MINDED...AND FULL OF GOD'S VOICE. GOOD RHYME AND RHYTHM. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
The Do Drop Inn (Poetry) - 5/13/2011 8:35:24 AM
That Cash/Dylan duet was one of the worst things I've ever heard. But I guess they sound better while imbibing.
Walt
Ode to Neve Campbell (Poetry) - 12/24/2010 10:03:39 AM
I hope your healthiest fantasies become cherished reality.
Ode to Neve Campbell (Poetry) - 12/17/2010 1:44:47 PM
Grin, good poem, David. I like the last verse.
Never My Love (Poetry) - 12/17/2010 1:41:03 PM
Good poem, David.
The Do Drop Inn (Poetry) - 12/6/2010 12:27:56 PM
Sounds like a nice gathering of friends,
No matter how it ends
Never My Love (Poetry) - 9/24/2010 10:31:51 AM
very cute
The Do Drop Inn (Poetry) - 12/17/2009 2:57:15 AM
Great poem,take care
The Do Drop Inn (Poetry) - 12/16/2009 11:48:02 PM
Geez, do have another drink...
Be always safe,
Karen
The Do Drop Inn (Poetry) - 12/16/2009 12:19:30 PM
...'nother round bartender!
and lets play the juke box!
Johnny Cash...Ring of Fire :)
& some Bob Dylan...
I enjoyed my bar stool seat at
"The Do Drop Inn"...
Peace & Inspirations David
Vickie
3 O'Clock (Poetry) - 2/25/2009 2:01:26 AM
David, it is 4:os, i got up at 2:30. I think the rooster woke me up.
but that is ok. i just worked on a poem. why can't you just turn the
clock around, and go back to sleep? i'll bet you spilled the hot milk, when you saw marley's ghost. enjoyed the poem. randy
