I could temporarily be out of a job in mid-October if Congress shuts the government down. Got this mass email today from the powers t...

Note: A little more novel babbling. Inspiration from being lost with the Scouts earlier this weekend. Months lost, wandering over the i...

If ever you needed convincing that the cover of your ebook should not be a last-minute thing, the folks over at lousybookcovers.com have lo...

I hated the first weekend of Wood Badge. I’m a shy person, suddenly thrust into a milieu where I’m expected to be loud, boisterous, s...

The Mighty Owl Patrol So I have completed Wood Badge. Well, the part of Wood Badge that involves cheers and skits and flag cerem...

Ree-deep. A ripple of water. Ree-deep. A sniffle of wind that pushes the shore grass, emulating the waves from the ocean crashing...

Given what happened today at the Washington Navy Yard, we can be sure as anything that we’ll see many reminders out at work to keep our ID ...

I make fun of formulaic writing -- you know the type: You pretty much know what's going to happen because you've seen it done a t...

I got back from the first of two Wood Badge weekends about 24 hours ago, having had every single button pushed. Additionally, buttons I w...

I am not, by any means, a perfect writer. But I do know bad writing when I see it. And not only bad writing, but confusing organization ...