Category Archives: Musings

What I remember from Dr. Robert Waterman

What I remember from Dr. Robert Waterman, Ed. D., LCC, and likely, a wandering sage or two. (The following list is not necessarily chronological.) Three sets of ten; take your pick. I. He said, “You have a good grasp on … Continue reading

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I don’t get around much anymore The first twerking I ever saw was last year at my grand-daughter’s graduation. Ms. Cardi-B! Have a good time, baby. Have a good time.   I adored her and her show instantly.  The family … Continue reading

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Blanche and Charlie playing get the stick on the grounds at White Oak Plantation, or, How a Person with AIDs Plays Catch with his Dog.

Charlie didn’t write about White Oak. By the time this piece of heaven came into his life, he was too exhausted to continue his stories. White Oak was so amazing that the girls and I pretty much learned not to … Continue reading

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This photo is on my new link at Online Book Club (kindle shopping mall)

Hmm, I have no idea how to use this format but maybe I can do a quid-pro-quo or bribe someone to help me. I’m just getting started on marketing Notes on Serenity, even though it’s been out for over a … Continue reading

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And for All the Sins I Cannot Recall by Charles Milhaupt (my bro)

The editing, prefacing, and after wording was harder than anticipated. Charlie lived 11 years with AIDS, a real achievement in the mid-80s. He wrote 25 little stories, linked congruently in time, until he was too ill to write. It was … Continue reading

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new book

The Charlie book, And for All the Sins I Cannot Recall, is in proofing now! At last. This memoir was sent to me 21 years ago and I put it away, almost forever. It’s been a work of deep nostalgia and … Continue reading

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Review of American Fix by Ryan Hampton, former White House staffer

I am so excited. While browsing through facebook groups I’d joined a while back (which generally get lost in the tangle of links and memories too large for me to organize) I checked into a closed group called TAP United, … Continue reading

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Merimee’s blog on Notes on Serenity: An ABC of Addiction

What is this book? A thought that comes to mind almost daily, now that I’m selling it, giving it, launching it, asking it to run and play with the other books. I’m happy that’s it’s been released ( though I … Continue reading

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FEAR OF ALL FEARS

FOAF              FEAR OF ALL FEARS FOMO              FEAR OF MISSING OUT FOBO              FEAR OF BETTER OPTIONS FOGO              FEAR OF GOING OUT FOSH               FEAR OF STAYING HOME FUBAR            FUCKED UP BEYOND ALL REPAIR (VINTAGE, wordy) FOGL               FEAR OF GETTING LAID FOBU              FEAR OF … Continue reading

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About Notes on Serenity: An ABC of Addiction

About Notes on Serenity I was seventeen when I started writing my feelings whenever I had paper and a writing utensil. Following my counter culture decade and the hard scrabble years, I had a teaching career devoted to literature and … Continue reading

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