The tale of two Starbucks green aprons I am reading "How Starbucks Saved my Life" by Michael Gates Gill with great interest and a good deal of empathy. I am marking Starbucks 50th anniversary by attempting to read other books on Starbucks that focus on the baristas, and not the business. My novel, Tripio, does... Continue Reading →
Mental Cardio- self care for the mind
A RED APRON RECIPE It is Sunday morning and soon I will head off to my local Get Fit for my mental and physical self care routine (masked up for the duration). Sure, I go for my physical cardio workout. My goal, as suggested by my GP, is to elevate my heart rate several times... Continue Reading →
The editor in my crawlspace
THE SEARCH IS ON FOR AN EDITOR I'm in the process of finding an editor for my next novel. I am in the process of searching for answers, looking for outside help. I am in the need of expert assistance for something I can't do as well as they could. This happens so often in... Continue Reading →
One thought I thought of
TRYING TO FIND MY WRITING MIND Fishing for the writing mind Even now I am practicing. I am looking for my writing mind, searching for the one thought that will begin this post. I am trying to plant thoughts, grow thoughts, cultivate thoughts and produce a post. But that is getting ahead of myself. I... Continue Reading →
Terry Allen gets back to me on Back outta the World
REVISIONS OF ME . This is me? One thing writing can do is that it forces a writer reflect on who you are, were and with a bit of intention, design and align who you are going to become. Today, I received an email from Terry Allen saying that I could use his song title,... Continue Reading →
Back to writing “Back outta the World”
Writing is mostly rewriting As promised, I am attempting to keep this blog as current as possible on the progress I'm making on my second novel, the spiritual prequel to Tripio, called Back outta the World. The novel's title is taken from the song by Terry Allen. No song lyrics actually appear in the novel... Continue Reading →
A destination employer
“Always perform your duty efficiently and without attachment to the results, because by doing work without attachment one attains the Supreme.” – Bhagavad Gita It is a Monday morning. In the interest of full disclosure, I had scheduled this to be an off day so I have the day off from my job. Last week was... Continue Reading →
Don’t write your novel, find it – A red apron recipe
“I’m sittin’ in first class and they can all kiss my ass, ‘cuase I’m goin’ back baby, back outta the world.” In Tripio, the protagonist Jay is writing his first novel. It is a road book. One of Jay’s literary heroes in Tripio is Jack “That’s not writing, that’s typing” Kerouac. It is in... Continue Reading →
Can money buy happiness?-part 2
"Have you looked into getting it to a publisher?' "Tripio. The book?' I responded. Howard appeared to be not overly concerned with my book sales. 'Oh, yea early on. But I found the process to be too much like looking for a job. Like sending out countless resumes...and crossing your fingers. I have had enough... Continue Reading →
Too easy to criticize Starbucks?
Kevin Knox answers another of my questions Question-In the blogosphere, Starbucks seems to be an easy target to hate on for easy clicks. It tends to bother me. Does it bother you? Or is it deserved? Kevin's Answer-I think most of the criticism is uninformed. Howard Schultz deserves enormous respect on the business side (along... Continue Reading →