Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday around 7:30 AM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract words at a moment's notice. WRFA-LP is... Continue Reading →
It's amazing the places that will put things in your way when you're trying to be creative. With my first book available (paperback and e-book), I'm trying to keep the writing momentum going. The holidays are not helping. Places to go, people to see, chores to be handled. Just ties up time when I... Continue Reading →
It's A Wonderful Life (1946) - George Bailey was a young man with dreams. Dreams that he set aside so that he could take care of those around him. Finally, one Christmas Eve, he's pushed too far and wishes that he had never been born. What the world looks like without him isn't what he... Continue Reading →
There's really nothing to report. I look at all the sites I can think of, and apply for anything that looks even vaguely in my area. But this is a terrible time to be unemployed. Even the jobs listed won't be filled till the New Year. Meanwhile, Christmas will still be Christmas, just a little... Continue Reading →
It's amazing what you can do, once you decide what your priorities are going to be! I mentioned last week that the weather becomes an increasing issue for staying active. A gym membership was how I dealt with this in the snowy climes of WNY, but that's a tough thing to have to try... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday around 7:30 AM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract words at a moment's notice. WRFA-LP is... Continue Reading →
Creativity comes in the strangest places some days. This past week, it came in the realm of finding Christmas presents for the Lady in My Life. (If that reference is new to you, I simply mean my wife. I'll share the story that goes with that phrase early next year, I promise) My Lady has... Continue Reading →
The Quartermaster: Montgomery C. Meigs, Lincoln's General, Master Builder of the Union Army by Robert O'Harrow Jr. (2016) - Lost amid the names of generals of the Civil War is the man who may have had as much to do with the victory of the Union as any commander in the field, Montgomery Meigs. It... Continue Reading →
The Way (2010) - A father travels to Europe to claim the body of his only son, who died on the first day of a pilgrimage through northwestern Spain. On impulse, the father decides to complete the journey for his son. In the end, it becomes a pilgrimage for them both. Directed by Emilio Estevez... Continue Reading →
Back to the grind. That's the reality of being unemployed. It's a grind. The only way to come through this process is by putting my head down, shoulder to the wheel, nose to the grindstone... Blah, blah, blah. You win this process by grinding. By working hard every day that you're not working. Look for... Continue Reading →
