the Wakefield Doctrine's First Annual Friday the 13th Post-writing Contest

An Invitation to participate in a Post-writing Contest. ...over at the Wakefield Doctrine blog, of course!

'the Future'! what science fiction writers totally missed.

I grew up reading the science fiction written during the period of time that has come to be referred to as 'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Coming of age in the 1960s I was blessed to have the perfect Cultural backdrop to complement the stories...

ok, I got a great photo (of Una), now what?

faster! c'mon can't you drive faster?! I hope I am not the only one, but on occasion, I find myself trying to write a Hub simply because of a photo. To be more precise, I feel that for certain photos, there surely must be a Hub, un-written that...

(the) writer with the golden blog-site

...the strained lament of a part-time Hub writer. Forced by the inward push of the native culture to be competitive

Una....a step into adulthood

cone?...what cone? (author's note: I started this Hub several weeks ago, as happens so often, we have a certain story in mind when we first sit down to write, but life does not have a "hold" button. So since I started this Hub, Una has moved on with...

Una...she has some new friends

Una is well and is growing everyday, towards her adult weight of 50 to 65 pounds. She has been going to 'puppy day care' one day a week and has been attending a puppy obedience training class on Saturday mornings. A busy schedule, but she seems to...

Chodsky Pes Where the heck do I find one?

As a result of the Hubs I wrote about the dog we recently added to our family, I am beginning to hear from dog lovers and dog breeders about the Chodsky Pes breed. These (initial) Comments and e mails are from people who are aware of the...

...(of the continuing) Adventures of Una in the New World

Una flew out of Prague International Airport on Lufthansa Flight, (her ticket tells the tale of the trip): LH1399 / 14-02-2011 from PRG/ to FRA STD: 18:20+0 / STA: 19:35+0 LH422 / 15-02-2011 from FRA/ to BOS STD: 11:55+0 / STA: 14:15+0 ...

Chodsky Pes

The is the first in a series of articles about Una, a Chodsky Pes puppy brought from the Czech Republic to live in the US. Both in terms of physical growth as well as personality development, this series will follow Una through her puppy years,...

We never really get old...