Category: Writing

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Trophies of Living

There’s a line from Romeo and Juliet where Romeo utters, “He jests at scars that never felt a wound.” (Act 2, scene 2). The line matters because it’s the first...

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A Cross Tic

I’m addicted to writing, mostly because I’m infatuated with words, and by extension, word games. Wordle and Strands, for example. It’s a lifelong obsession. I recall as a young buck...

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A Thing to Fear

The fictional TV detective Adrian Monk has a lengthy inventory of fears–312 to be exact, if Monk Wiki can be trusted. It begins innocuously enough. Germs, needles, and dentists head...

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A Day at the Course

My son MJ has a sports media company, TDT (Third Down Thursdays–here’s a link). They’ve grown remarkably in their few years of existence. Yesterday, I accompanied him to the Byron...

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A Birthday of Sorts

It’s been almost a year since I began this endeavor, this thing I call Hurl’s Treehouse. I started it because I wanted to get my words out to readers. It...

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Novel #2!

Let’s keep this simple. I’m pretty proud of this. Now available on Amazon. Here’s the QR for the Amazon site, if that’s how you roll. Here’s a Facebook link to...

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It’s Coming…

No, not the maniacal clown from Stephen King. Or the “thing “It” from outer space (1953 movie reference). Also, not the nerdy dude from down the hall who fixes your...

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A Duck, a Watch, a Nickel, and a Rock

In literature, we call them symbols. There’s the green light at the end of the dock in Great Gatsby. Or what the three harpooners represent in Moby-Dick or the Mississippi...

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Writing a Blog Post: A Timeline

11:02 a.m. Mindset is key. Choose the appropriate setting. I have trouble writing at home because there are too many distractions. When his parents sent him to his room for...