What is Art?

Excerpted from “Life on the Carousel” My father raised the camera, focused carefully and snapped the picture. My grandfather, the subject of the photo, smiles in obvious delight at his Christmas gift. It is a King Size paint-by-number oil set from Craftint. My...

Why Write?

Why write? There are hundreds of reasons I come up with to not write. Here’s a sampling: No one will read this. This isn’t a real job. There are so many writers who are better than I am. I have other things I should probably focus on. It’s all been said before. I...